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Language and later life
— issues, methods and representations | | Author(s) | Rebecca L Jones, John Percival |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Policy on Ageing - CPA; Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS), Open University |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 2006 |
| Pages | 83 pp (The representation of older people in ageing research series, no 7) |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Communication skills ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Methodology ; Interviewing ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | The papers in this volume were originally presented at a joint CPA/CABS seminar in November 2005. The editors introduce the subject, indicating the diverse ways in which speakers look at language: different first languages; speech and difficulties with communicating; and the ways in which older people are represented. In "Minding our languages: interviews with older people", Chih Hoong Sin discusses issues that arise in relation to different languages when researching later life. These include translation problems, cultural issues, preferences for speaking in another tongue (e.g. Welsh), and sign languages. Jane Maxim and colleagues introduced research (financed by the Stroke Association), in "Conversations with older people: order and disorder", discussing how language is used following the onset of aphasia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In "Representations of older people with a learning difficulty: discourses and dilemmas" Liz Forbat reviews how the academic literature portrays people with learning difficulties such as Down's syndrome. Lastly, Judith Burnett focuses on the way in which later life and older people are represented in language. Based on her research into the journey through adulthood of a cohort of baby boomers now in their thirties, is "Sad isn't it? I must be getting old: narratives of ageing from the thirtysomethings". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060906002 B |
| Classmark | DA: UO: TOB: 3D: 3DL: 6M |
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