Language and Communication in Old Age

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ISBN: 9780815323563 | 0815323565
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/1/1998

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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.

Series Editor's Foreword

(2)

Acknowledgments

(2)

List of Contributors

xiii

Introduction

1. Language and Communication in Old Age: Some Methodological Considerations

(22)

Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton

Section I: Language and Communicative Abilities in Old Age

(110)

2. On the Relationship between Memory and Language in the Dementia Spectrum of Depression, Alzheimer Syndrome, and Normal Aging

(38)

V. Olga B. Emery

3. Written Input to Enhance Comprehension in Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type

(14)

Loraine K. Obler

Lorraine Obermann

Ina Samuels

Martin L. Albert

4. Language-Related Factors Influencing Naming in Adulthood

(14)

Barbara A. Barresi

Loraine K. Obler

Rhoda Au

Martin L. Albert

5. Inferences in Processing of Text in Elderly Populations

(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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