Synopses & Reviews
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 study of when and how old age is relevant in discourse of the elderly; and a linguistic analysis of gossip in an older women's support group.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.