Alzheimer Discourse: Some Sociolinguistic Dimensions

ISBN-13: 9780805823554 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 152 str.

Vai Ramanathan

Opis

This text studies the narrative discourse of 16 patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD), and seeks to understand it in contextual terms. It examines ways in which some social factors - audiences, setting and time - influence the extensiveness and meaningfulness of AD talk.

Recenzje

"The dependence of language on context, whether of setting or of interlocutors, is well illustrated in this sensitively written book. It is to be recommended to linguists and clinical linguists interested in the insights on the human condition that can be obtained by analyzing the language of the cognitively impaired."
—Language in Society

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction. Theoretical Framework. Wellformedness in Alzheimer Interactions: Continuity Elements. Narrative and Interactive Illformedness in Alzheimer Talk. Repair as a Discontinuity Element: Examining Tina's Talk With N. A Schematic Understanding of Repetition in an AD Life Story. Some Implications and Conclusions.

O autorze

Vai Ramanathan