Language and Communication in Old Age,9780815323563

Language and Communication in Old Age

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ISBN13: 9780815323563
ISBN10: 0815323565
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-12-01
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

This volume explores physiological and psychological changes in speech among the elderly, drawing on 20 years of research on the physical and emotional aspects of language and communication. Index.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword ix(2)
Acknowledgments xi(2)
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction
1. Language and Communication in Old Age: Some Methodological Considerations
3(22)
Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton
Section I: Language and Communicative Abilities in Old Age 25(110)
2. On the Relationship between Memory and Language in the Dementia Spectrum of Depression, Alzheimer Syndrome, and Normal Aging
25(38)
V. Olga B. Emery
3. Written Input to Enhance Comprehension in Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
63(14)
Loraine K. Obler
Lorraine Obermann
Ina Samuels
Martin L. Albert
4. Language-Related Factors Influencing Naming in Adulthood
77(14)
Barbara A. Barresi
Loraine K. Obler
Rhoda Au
Martin L. Albert
5. Inferences in Processing of Text in Elderly Populations
91(24)
Hanna K. Ulatowska
Sandra Bond Chapman
Julene Johnson
6. Facilitating Conversation with an Alzheimer's Disease Sufferer Through the Use of Indirect Repair
115(20)
Steven R. Sabat
Section II: Identity in Old Age 135(132)
7. Evaluation in the Bereavement Narratives of Elderly Irish American Widowers
135(42)
Anne R. Bower
8. Ageing, Ageism and Anti-Ageism: Moral Stance in Geriatric Medical Discourse
177(32)
Nikolas Coupland
Justine Coupland
9. When and How old Age Is Relevant in Discourse of the Elderly: A Case Study of Georgia O'Keeffe
209(24)
Elif Tolga Rosenfeld
10. "I Can't Drive": Painful Self-Disclosure in Intergenerational Talk
233(34)
Shoko Yohena Okazaki
Section III: Social Norms, Values, and Practices in Old Age 267(108)
11. Gossip in an Older Women's Support Group: A Linguistic Analysis
267(28)
Pamela A. Saunders
12. Elders' Complaints: Discourses on Old Age and Social Change in Rural Kenya and Urban Philadelphia
295(24)
Maria G. Cattell
13. Elderly Women Speak about their Interactions with Health Care Providers
319(32)
Joyce Allman
Sandra L. Ragan
Chevelle Newsome
Lucretia Scoufos
Jon Nussbaum
14. Grandmothers and Granddaughters in African American Families: Imparting Cultural Tradition and Womanhood between Generations of Women
351(24)
Valerie Cryer McKay
Index 375

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