The Effect of Alzheimer Disease on Early Bilingual People

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells. (Early) Precursor bilingual, people who are bilingual from birth or even in utero have developed a bilingual environment and (Late) Subsequent bilingual, are those who in later years and by education, have learned second language. This research study has investigated the language deterioration of Early bilingual people, with Alzheimer’s disease. For carrying out this study, the researcher selected thirty-two Early bilinguals both female & male, who are diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease participated in this study. This experimental descriptive survey was conducted based on a test including 15 items that was based on Picture Naming. Then, the patients’ answers were scored according to the tests’ keys was used to analyze the research data and paired sample T-Test was run to answer questions. The tests administered, showed that the deterioration of L1 & L2 occur symmetrically in Early bilingual people

کلیدواژه ها:

Alzheimer disease (AD) ، Early bilingual ، First language (L1) ، Second language (L2)