Language, society and the elderly: discourse, identity and ageing
Auteur :
Coupland, Nikolas / Coupland, Justine / Giles, Howard
Éditeur :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN :
9780631182795
Date de publication :
22 août 1991
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
369 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.