Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse

Alison Wray notes that ""Alzheimer's Disease affects language in many different ways. Directly, language processing is undermined by damage to the language areas of the brain. Indirectly, language is compromised by short term memory loss, distortions in perception, and disturbed seman...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Guendouzi, Jacqueline (-), Davis, Boyd H.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2013.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Advances in pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30725537*spi
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Sumario:Alison Wray notes that ""Alzheimer's Disease affects language in many different ways. Directly, language processing is undermined by damage to the language areas of the brain. Indirectly, language is compromised by short term memory loss, distortions in perception, and disturbed semantic representation ... All of this makes AD an obvious focus of interest for linguists and in particular, those interested in the field of pragmatics - yet a striking amount of what is published about AD languag ...
Descripción Física:304 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.