Dementia and Language

Résumé
Bringing together a range of innovative research, this book explores how people with dementia interact with others in a variety of social contexts, from everyday to clinical. It is ideal for scholars and students of sociolinguistics, interactional linguistics and conversation analysis, as well as professionals in clinical and care environments.

Contenu
Part I. Introduction: 1. Interaction research and dementia Peter Muntigl, Danielle Jones and Charlotta Plejert; Part II. Dementia and Diagnostics: 2. Good reasons for non-standardisation in the administration of cognitive assessments Danielle Jones, Clare Jackson and Ray Wilkinson; 3. (Dis)alignment at dementia diagnosis: a window into differing expectations, perceptions and agendas in the memory clinic Jemima Dooley and Rose Mccabe; 4. The role of applied conversation analysis to enhance equity in care for people with dementia from minority ethnic groups Charlotta Plejert; Part III. Dementia and Conversational Strategies: 5. Using 'now what' to discursively compensate for frontotemporal dementia-related challenges: a longitudinal case study Lisa Mikesell; 6. Being sociable: a case study of a man with vascular dementia singing in conversation Roy Foster; 7. On the use of tag questions by co-participants of people with dementia: asymmetries of knowledge, power and interactional competence Jacqueline Kindell, John Keady and Ray Wilkinson; 8. Initiating and pursuing a topical agenda with limited communicative resources Anne Marie Dalby Landmark and Jan Svennevig; Part IV. Dementia and Epistemics: 9. Identifying family members in photographs: practical epistemic and deontic challenges for a person with frontotemporal dementia Peter Muntigl, Gerhard Ransmayr and Stephanie Hödl; 10. 'You know this better': interactional challenges for couples living with dementia when the epistemic status regarding shared past events are uncertain Anna Ekström, Elin Nilsson and Ali Reza Majlesi; 11. Maintaining personhood and authority in everyday talk of a family living with dementia Lindsay Lindley; Part V. Communicative Challenges in Everyday Social Life: 12. Language and cognition in conversations with a person with Alzheimer's disease Danielle Jones; 13. Using digital communication support in interaction involving people with dementia interactional strategies to facilitate participation and engagement Christina Samuelsson; 14. 'It's more than eating, it's a social situation' video analysis and professional vision in dementia care Camilla Lindholm and Tuula Tykkyläinen; 15. Social quizzes for people living with dementia: how enactment impacts on interaction Joe Webb.