Language and Communication in Old Age

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

408 Seiten

1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-2356-3 (ISBN)

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A collection of 14 studies of language and communicative abilities; identity; and social norms, values, and practices in old age. The topics include the relationship between memory and language in the dementia spectrum of depression, Alzheimer Syndrome, and normal aging; Georgia O'Keefe as a case s

Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton

Introduction * Memory and Language in the Dementia Spectrum of Depression, Alzheimer Syndrome, and Normal Aging, V. Olga B. Emery * Written Input to Enhance Comprehension in Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type, Loraine K. Obler, Lorraine Obermann, Ina Samuels, and Martin L. Albert * Language-related Factors Influencing Naming in Adulthood, Barbara A. Barresi, Loraine K. Obler, Rhoda Au, and Martin L. Albert * Processing of Texts in Elderly Populations, Hanna K. Ulatowska, Sandra Bond Chapman, and Julene Johnson * Facilitating Conversation with an Alzheimer's Disease Sufferer Through the Use of Indirect Repair, Steven R. Sabat * Evaluation in the Bereavement Narratives of Elderly Widowers, Anne R. Bower * Aging, Ageism and Anti-Ageism: Moral Stance in Geriatric Medical Discourse, Nikolas Coupland and Justine Coupland * When and How Old Age is Relevant in Discourse of the Elderly: A Case Study of Georgia O'Keeffe, Elif Tolga Rosenfeld * Painful Self-Disclosure in Intergenerational Talk, Shoko Yohena Okazaki * Gossip in an Older Women's Support Group: A Linguistic Analysis, Pamela A. Saunders * Elders' Complaints: on Old Age and Social Change in Rural Kenya and Urban Philadelphia, Maria G. Cattell * Elderly Women Speak About Their Interactions with Health Care Providers, Joyce Allman, Sandra L. Ragan, Chevelle Newsome, Lucretia Scoufos, and Jon Nussbaum * Grandmothers and Granddaughters in African-American Families: Imparting Cultural Tradition Between Generations, Valerie Cryer McKay

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1998
Reihe/Serie	Issues in Aging
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	910 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8153-2356-5 / 0815323565
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-2356-3 / 9780815323563
Zustand	Neuware