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Conversations with an Alzheimer's Patient: An Interactional Sociolinguistic Study
Hardback
Main Details
| Title |
Conversations with an Alzheimer's Patient: An Interactional Sociolinguistic Study
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:200 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 157 |
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| Category/Genre | Sociolinguistics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521421010
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| Classifications | Dewey:618.976831 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
24 March 1994 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This book presents an interactional sociolinguistic approach to the progressive communicative breakdowns typical of Alzheimer's disease. The language used in open-ended, naturally occurring conversations between the author and one elderly female Alzheimer's patient over four-and-a-half years is investigated in an attempt to understand how the patient's communicative abilities and disabilities are related, how they change, and how they are influenced by the behavior of the healthy interlocutor.
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