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Multilingual Interaction and Dementia

Author : Charlotta Plejert
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 178309768X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Multilingual Interaction and Dementia written by Charlotta Plejert and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together international, linguistic research with a focus on interaction in multilingual encounters involving people with dementia in care and healthcare settings. The methodologies used (Conversation Analysis, Ethnography and Discursive Constructionism) capture practices on the micro-level, revealing how very subtle details may be of critical importance for the everyday well-being of participants with dementia, particularly in settings and contexts where there is a lack of a common verbal language of interlocutors, or where language abilities have been lost as a result of dementia. Chapters analyse the practices and actions employed by interlocutors to facilitate mutual understanding, enhance high-quality social relations and assure optimal care and treatment, in spite of language and cognitive difficulties, with an emphasis put on the participants’ remaining capacities, and what can be achieved between people with dementia and their interlocutors in a collaborative fashion. This book goes beyond the study of two-party communication to address multiparty and group interactions which are common in residential care and other healthcare settings and will be of interest to professionals and policy makers as well as to medical sciences and linguistics researchers and students.

Dementia and Language

Author : Peter Muntigl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108424530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Dementia and Language written by Peter Muntigl and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Ethno-Social Approach to Code Choice in Bilinguals Living with Alzheimer’s

Author : Carolin Schneider
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031464834
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Book Synopsis An Ethno-Social Approach to Code Choice in Bilinguals Living with Alzheimer’s by : Carolin Schneider

Download or read book An Ethno-Social Approach to Code Choice in Bilinguals Living with Alzheimer’s written by Carolin Schneider and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the under-researched field of communication by bilingual people with dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). The aging population is increasingly affected by neurocognitive diseases such as DAT, and over the past 30 years, the growing research body concerned with monolingual DAT discourses has seen significant growth. The findings from monolingual studies and institutional settings highlight the importance of code choice for a person’s sense of autonomy, especially against the background of changing communicational abilities. Adding a new perspective, this book investigates how ten Puerto Rican speakers living with varying stages of DAT draw on their bilingual resources to accomplish verbal interaction in informal settings with their primary care partners. Drawing on narrative interviews conducted in Orlando, Florida, this multi-case study investigates situated language choices and code-switches by applying the ethno-social approach, i.e. combining features of conversation analysis and ethnography of communication. The author sheds light both on the question of how people living with DAT engage in conversations and which strategies they employ in their languages (English and Spanish) to reach their communicative goals. Specifically, by analyzing the role of code choice and code-switching in a qualitative manner, two main functional categories emerge: discourse-related and participant-related code-switching. Bilingual competencies remain even among participants living with severe DAT symptoms, as evident in retained interactional sequences such as salutations. Persons living with DAT competently negotiate code, either through exploratory code-switching or metalinguistic commentary, emphasizing the need for conversational partners to be sensitive to the communicative needs, in both languages, of speakers living with DAT. This book will be of interest to students and researchers working on dementia discourses, health communication, multilingualism and ageing, as well as Bilingual/ Multilingual families or individuals living with dementia.

Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts

Author : Kees De Bot
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853598401
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Language and Aging in Multilingual Contexts written by Kees De Bot and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book different aspects of language and aging are discussed. While language spoken by and language spoken with elderly people have been treated as different areas of research, it is argued here that from a dynamical system perspective the two are closely interrelated. In addition to overviews of research on language and aging, a number of projects on this topic in multilingual settings are presented.

Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse

Author : Boyd H. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443863750
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse written by Boyd H. Davis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alison Wray notes that “Alzheimer’s Disease affects language in many different ways. Directly, language processing is undermined by damage to the language areas of the brain. Indirectly, language is compromised by short term memory loss, distortions in perception, and disturbed semantic representation . . . All of this makes AD an obvious focus of interest for linguists and in particular, those interested in the field of pragmatics – yet a striking amount of what is published about AD language is written by non-linguists. AD language is independently researched in at least psychology, neuroscience, sociology, clinical linguistics and nursing. Each discipline has its own methods, theories, assumptions and values, which affect the research questions asked, the empirical approach taken in answering them, and how the evidence is interpreted. Without a more reliable holistic picture informed by linguistic and applied linguistic theory and methods, approaches to diagnosis and care risk being constrained, and may result in a less than satisfactory experience for all those whose daily life involves the direct or indirect experience of AD.” This book is an attempt to address some of the above issues noted by bringing together a group of researchers whose work focuses on interaction in the context of dementia. The authors represent the fields of linguistics, clinical linguistics, nursing, and speech pathology, and each chapter draws on methods associated with discourse analysis and pragmatics to examine how people with dementia utilize language in the presence of cognitive decline. In addition, the book seeks to generate academic discussion on how researchers can move forward to focus greater attention on this topic. In particular, this collection will inspire researchers involved in mainstream theoretical linguistics and pragmatics to turn their attention to the discourse of dementia and investigate what it has to say about our knowledge of language theories, and, in addition, to challenge what we know about ourselves as subjective beings.

The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders

Author : Jack S. Damico
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119606993
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders written by Jack S. Damico and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative overview of language and speech disorders, featuring new and updated chapters written by leading specialists from across the field The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders, Second Edition, provides timely and authoritative coverage of current issues, foundational principles, and new research directions within the study of communication disorders. Building upon the reputation of the landmark first edition, this volume offers an exceptionally broad and in-depth survey of the field, presenting original chapters by internationally recognized specialists that examine an array of language, speech, and cognitive disorders and discuss the most crucial aspects of this evolving discipline while providing practical information on analytical methods and assessment. Now in its second edition, the Handbook features extensively revised and refocused content throughout, reflecting the latest advances in the field. Original and updated chapters explore diverse topics including literacy and literacy impairments, patterns of normal and disordered language development, hearing impairment and cochlear implants, language acquisition and language delay, dementia, dysarthria, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and many others. This acclaimed single-volume reference resource: Provides 26 original chapters which describe the latest in new research and which indicate future research directions Covers new developments in research since the original publication of the first edition Features in-depth coverage of the major disorders of language and speech, including new insights on perception, hearing impairment, literacy, and genetic syndromes Includes a series of foundational chapters covering a variety of important general principles, including labelling, diversity, intelligibility, assessment, and intervention The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders, Second Edition, is essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in speech and language pathology, speech, language and hearing sciences, and clinical llinguistics, as well as active practitioners and clinicians.

Discourse Analysis in Adults With and Without Communication Disorders

Author : Carl Coelho
Publisher : Plural Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1635503760
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Discourse Analysis in Adults With and Without Communication Disorders written by Carl Coelho and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discourse Analysis in Adults With and Without Communication Disorders: A Resource for Clinicians and Researchers provides state-of-the-art information about discourse analysis with sections on Aging, Aphasia, Cognitive Communication Disorders, and Neurodegenerative Diseases. The three renowned editors are actively engaged in the area of discourse. Expert clinical researchers introduce and organize each section, and chapters are authored by leaders involved in discourse research worldwide. Discourse is considered the most natural unit of language. Effective production of discourse requires complex interactions among linguistic, cognitive, and social abilities that are sensitive to even mild disruption in any one of these elements. This book covers the examination of discourse in adults with acquired communication disorders, including selecting elicitation tasks, streamlining transcription processes, expanding analysis methods, and translating findings for treatment application. Key Features * Provides a global perspective on discourse assessment for clinicians * Dedicated chapters on aging, aphasia, traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere disorder, primary progressive aphasia, Alzheimer’s dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Disclaimer: Please note that ancillary content (such as documents, audio, and video, etc.) may not be included as published in the original print version of this book.

The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics

Author : Susan Conrad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108578845
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Applied Linguistics written by Susan Conrad and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a global team, this up-to-date introduction to applied linguistics helps students learn what it's like to do applied linguistics, and not just read about theoretical concepts. First, it provides frameworks for understanding both the shared characteristics of work in applied linguistics and the diversity of topics and analyses. Each chapter then highlights a topic area, covering key concepts, a specific project undertaken by the authors, and their personal reflections on entering the field. Hands-on analysis and other application activities also encourage students to test different skills related to each chapter. Finally, students are introduced to the tools they need to continue in applied linguistics: how to read and write empirical research, how to evaluate primary literature, and starting points for expanding their interest in specific subject areas. The authors provide examples from different geographical regions and languages to engage an international audience. At the same time, multilingualism, interdisciplinarity, and technology are integrated as themes within the text to reflect how these areas are now interwoven throughout applied linguistics.

Living With Dementia

Author : Lars-Christer Hydén
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 113759375X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Living With Dementia written by Lars-Christer Hydén and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships. People living with dementia have been portrayed as increasingly dependent on others, with their loved ones seen more as care givers than as spouses, children and relatives. However, in the last two decades this view of the person living with dementia as an 'empty vessel' has been increasingly challenged, and the focus has shifted from one of care to one of helping people to live with dementia. With contributions from an international range of expert authors, Living with Dementia strongly advocates this new perspective through in-depth discussion of what people with dementia and their loved ones can do, and how they can actively make use of remaining resources. Topics covered include: - How to involve people with dementia in collaborative activities in the home, and the benefits this has on their cognitive and communicative abilities. - Ways in which identity can be presented and preserved through storytelling, and the impact on identity of moving from home into residential care. - The benefits of a 'citizenship' approach to dementia: of recognising that a person living with dementia is an active agent, with the right to self-determination and the ability to exert power over their own lives. This important new contribution to the dementia debate is truly enlightening reading for students across the full range of health and social care disciplines, and offers a fresh perspective to existing practitioners and those who care for people with dementia.

Multilingualism and Ageing

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004445803
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Multilingualism and Ageing written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multilingualism and Ageing provides an overview of research on a large range of topics relating to language processing and use from a life-span perspective. It covers and combines psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic approaches on the topic multilingualism and ageing.

Language Barriers and Dementia. Reflection

Author : Zoltan Mursa
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346303705
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Language Barriers and Dementia. Reflection written by Zoltan Mursa and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Health - Nursing Science - Dementia, grade: 80, University of Derby, language: English, abstract: This assignment aims to critically evaluate nurses’ attitudes related to language barriers in the context of communication with people with dementia. Furthermore, a need is felt to reflect on how such attitudes hinder positive practice when communicating with people possessing limited English proficiency and to identify the extent to which nurses take into consideration peoples’ cultures, norms and values. To understand the implications that may arise when professionals display certain attitudes towards people with dementia and limited English language, this assignment will take the form of a reflection which is an important part of nursing practice. Dementia appears to be a major worldwide concern as figures suggest a rapid increase in the number of people diagnosed with this illness. According to Atkins et al (2012), in 2012 almost 25 million people around the globe were diagnosed with dementia and it is expected that by 2040 this number will almost triple. Moreover, World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017 estimated that almost 47 million people were considered to have dementia and this number will continue to grow (WHO, 2017). These figures imply huge costs for society. In fact, Knapp et al. (2014) suggests that in the UK the cost of dementia rose to £26 billion per year.

Growing Old with Two Languages

Author : Ellen Bialystok
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265399
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Growing Old with Two Languages written by Ellen Bialystok and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together two areas of research that are currently receiving great attention in both scientific and public spheres: cognitive aging and bilingualism. With ongoing media focus on the aging population and the need for activities to forestall cognitive decline, experiences that appear effective in maintaining functioning are of great interest. One such experience is lifelong bilingualism. Moreover, research into the cognitive effects of bilingualism has increased dramatically in the past decade, making it an exciting area of study. This volume combines these issues and presents the most recent research and thinking into the effects of bilingualism on cognitive decline in aging. The contributors are all leading scholars in their field. The result is a state-of-the art collection on the effect of bilingualism on cognition in older populations for both healthy aging and aging with dementia. The papers will be of interest to researchers, students, and health professionals.

Language, Interaction, and Frontotemporal Dementia

Author : Andrea W. Mates
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781781790397
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Language, Interaction, and Frontotemporal Dementia by : Andrea W. Mates

Download or read book Language, Interaction, and Frontotemporal Dementia written by Andrea W. Mates and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past before improving technologies allowed for the direct observation of brain activity, brain damaged patients were a prime avenue for understanding language structure and inferring back to brain function. Now with the rapid developments in neuroscience, what we do know about the brain can inform us of language allowing us to build hypotheses about the role particular brain regions perform in language use. Brain damaged patients thus become populations which serve as test cases. In this volume, the researchers focus on the interactions of frontotemporal dementia patients. These patients have right hemisphere, frontal and temporal pole atrophy which leaves their cognitive abilities intact, but their social interactions impaired and their personalities changed. The volume opens with a discussion of the frontal lobes and their expected contributions to language as a tool for social interaction. Then a conversation analytic approach is applied to analyze what changes in the structure of interaction lead to a sense that the interactions are impaired or inappropriate. Finally, the volume ends with a look forward to what FTD contributes to our understanding of human sociality and what has been gained in our understanding of the brain and language.

Applying Linguistics in Health Research, Education, and Policy

Author : Brett A. Diaz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110744805
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Applying Linguistics in Health Research, Education, and Policy written by Brett A. Diaz and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers in applied linguistics have found medical and health contexts to be fertile grounds for study, from macro-levels of conceptual analyses to micro-levels of the "turn-by-turn." The rich array of health contexts include medical research itself, clinical encounters, medical education and training, caregivers and patients in everyday life – from the formal and ritualized to the ad hoc and ephemeral. This volume foregrounds the crucial role of applied linguists addressing real world problems, while simultaneously highlighting the varied ways that health can be understood as a rich site of language inquiry in its own right. Chapters cover a range of health topics including medical training, medical interaction, disability in education, health policy analysis and recommendations, multidisciplinary research teams, and medical ethics. While reporting and reflecting on their specific topics in clinical and health contexts, contributors also articulate their own hybrid identities as professional collaborators in health research, education, and policy.

Language in Dementia

Author : Louise Cummings
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108476317
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Language in Dementia written by Louise Cummings and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using linguistic data, this book examines language and communication in dementias and their clinical treatment by language pathologists.

Language, Dementia and Meaning Making

Author : Heidi E. Hamilton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303012021X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Language, Dementia and Meaning Making written by Heidi E. Hamilton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the ways in which context shapes how cognitive challenges and strengths are navigated and how these actions impact the self-esteem of individuals with dementia and their conversational partners. The author examines both the language used and face maintenance in everyday social interaction through the lens of epistemic discourse analysis. In doing so, this work reveals how changes in cognition may impact the faces of these individuals, leading some to feel ashamed, anxious, or angry, others to feel patronized, infantilized, or overly dependent, and still others to feel threatened in both ways. It further examines how discursive choices made by healthy interactional partners can minimize or exacerbate these feelings. This path-breaking work will provide important insights for students and scholars of sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, medical anthropology, and health communication.

Dialogue and Dementia

Author : Robert W. Schrauf
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317916603
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Dialogue and Dementia written by Robert W. Schrauf and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement. The book aims to identify and describe specific linguistic devices or strategies at the level of turn-by-turn talk that promote and extend conversation, and to explore real-world engagements that reflect these strategies. Final reflections tie these linguistic strategies and practices to wider issues of the "self" and "agency" in persons with dementia. Thematically, the volume fosters an integrated perspective on communication and cognition in terms of which communicative resources are recognized as cognitive resources, and communicative interaction is treated as reflecting cognitive engagement. This reflects perspectives in cognitive anthropology and cognitive science that regard human cognitive activity as distributed and culturally rooted. This volume is intended for academic researchers and advanced students in applied linguistics, linguistic and medical anthropology, nursing, and social gerontology; and practice professionals in speech-language pathology and geropsychology.