Alzheimer Talk, Text and Context

Alzheimer Talk, Text and Context
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780230502024
ISBN-13 : 0230502024
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Book Synopsis Alzheimer Talk, Text and Context by : B. Davis

Download or read book Alzheimer Talk, Text and Context written by B. Davis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume reference a shared, longitudinal corpus of spontaneous conversation elicited in natural settings from speakers with moderate to late moderate Alzheimer's Disease, utilizing other collections as appropriate, to analyze conversation, discourse and written text by and about Alzheimer's speech. Cross-disciplinary contributions from the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Germany, representing linguistics, gerontology, geriatric nursing, computer science, and communications disorders report on empirically-based investigations of social and pragmatic language competencies and strategies retained by AD patients which could ground communication enhancements or interventions.


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