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The Language of Dementia Science and the Science of Dementia Language

Linguistic Interpretations of an Interdisciplinary Research Field

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ID2350604
AutoresAmanda Wray (0000-0002-2144-4458, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, autor de correspondencia), Alison Wray
Año2017
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas80-95
Fecha de publicación2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0261927x16663591
OpenAlexW2462739906
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas50

Language is a balance of precision and flexibility, and scientific dialogue across disciplines faces challenges in how terms are used and how phenomena, including language itself, are described and explained. Taking dementia as its focus, this article offers linguistic perspectives on causes of inherent difficulty with terminological exactness. Attention is paid to the interface between the positivist imperatives of clinical evaluation and the relativist interpretations that help make sense of uses of terms across contexts. Two types of reason are examined for why the language produced by people with dementia is sometimes hard to characterize and predict: the theoretical challenges inherent in analyzing the language of dementia and the social variables that affect how that language is manifested. The article concludes with the vision of linguistic research using corpus-based discourse analysis to underpin and catalyze communication-bridging activities in interdisciplinary projects, within and beyond the dementia context

Dementia · Epistemology · Linguistics · Positivism · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology

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Intervalo de citas2017 - 2026 (10)
Velocidad de citacióncurrent
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