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Alzheimer discourse: some sociolinguistic dimensions
Author(s)Vai Ramanathan
PublisherLawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1997
Pages138 pp
SourceEurospan Group, 3 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8LU.
KeywordsDementia ; Communication ; Linguistics ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe dominant explanation of `incoherence' in the speech of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been largely provided by research in psycholinguistics, much of which has understood AD speech in terms of the progressively deteriorating nature of the disease. This study, based on the life stories of 16 AD patients, provides a different view by investigating ways in which some social factors, such as audiences, setting, and time, influences the extensiveness and meaningfulness of narrative discourse in people with AD. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980707243 B
ClassmarkEA: U: HJC: 7T

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