Language, Society and the Elderly - Discourse, Identity and Ageing

"Language, Society and the Elderly" opens up an entirely new field for sociolinguistics. It also shows how studies of language and interaction can contribute to theory in social gerontology, and to policy and practice in medical and caring contexts.

Summary

Offering a detailed critique of the cognitive bias of existing studies of elderly people's language, this work proposes in its place a socially-based approach which explains how older people's life circumstances, concerns, goals and beliefs influence their styles of interaction.

Product details

• Authors: Justine Coupland, N Coupland, Nikolas Coupland, Nikolas (Cardiff University) Coupland, Nikolas (Cardiff University) Coupland Coupland, Nikolas Coupland Coupland, Coupland Justine, Howard Giles, Howard (University of California Giles, Giles Howard, Nikolas Coupland
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.1991
• EAN: 9780631182795
• ISBN: 978-0-631-18279-5
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Sociolinguistics, Care of the elderly