ABSTRACT
This volume explores physiological and psychological changes in speech among the elderly, drawing on 20 years of research on the physical and emotional aspects of language and communication. Index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |22 pages
Introduction
part I|109 pages
Language and Communicative Abilities in Old Age
part II|131 pages
Identity in Old Age
chapter 9|24 pages
When and How Old Age Is Relevant in Discourse of the Elderly
A Case Study of Georgia O'Keeffe
part III|110 pages
Social Norms, Values, and Practices in Old Age
chapter 12|23 pages
Elders' Complaints
Discourses on Old Age and Social Change in Rural Kenya and Urban Philadelphia
chapter 14|24 pages
Grandmothers and Granddaughters in African American Families
Imparting Cultural Tradition and Womanhood between Generations of Women
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