Overview
Highlights the complex connections between the linguistic and cognitive changes that accompany dementia and an individual’s sense of self
Examines language used by individuals with dementia within a wide range of situations, including audio recordings of conversations, medical visits, and memory loss support groups
Approaches dementia as a human issue within multiple linguistic and social contexts
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“In a deeply-researched discussion as remarkable for its clarity as for its emphasis on empathetic interaction, Hamilton asks these questions not only for us but also for our partners with dementia: How is it that we can say we know – and how do we use those memories we can access – to recognize and share our knowing in our efforts to make meaning when we are talking to another person? How do those efforts to make meaning help or hinder speakers with and without dementia in retaining self-worth, a positive self-image, a “face?” Hamilton draws on a lifetime of thought and research to involve readers with “the complexity of meaning making”, whether the speaker is looking for a word, performing fragments of a song, recalling immediate events, or reconstituting previous aspects of ones’ life.” (Boyd H. Davis, Bonnie E. Cone Professor of Teaching in Applied Linguistics/English and Professor of Gerontology at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)
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Book Title: Language, Dementia and Meaning Making
Book Subtitle: Navigating Challenges of Cognition and Face in Everyday Life
Authors: Heidi E. Hamilton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12021-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12020-7Published: 16 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12023-8Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12021-4Published: 07 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 248
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Medical Anthropology, Medical Sociology, Health Psychology