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| Author | : Kathryn Anne Sucher |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Alzheimer's disease |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Jenny Beyen |
| Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 19 |
| Release | : 2010-03-31 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 3640581717 |
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 3,0, RWTH Aachen University, language: English, abstract: Alzheimer's Disease (henceforth „A.D.“) is generally diagnosed in people over the age of 65. So when the world populations becomes older and more persons over the age of 65 populate the world, the disease spreads. By 2006, the number of A.D.-patients had already increased to 26.6 millions. This number is assumed to quadruple by 2050. But an improved A.D.-research would not only help those persons who suffer from it: „Alzheimer's Disease offers the challenge not only of delineating the writing disturbance of a common neurodegenerative illness but also the opportunity to discern how widespread neocortical deafferentation affects the neurobehavioral underpinnings of a complex cognitive task such as writing.“ (Glossar et al., 2000:78) Why especially the examination of language in A.D.-patients can promote the general study of language a great deal is also pointed out by Obler et al. (1999:92): „The language of dementing patients presents a unique opportunity for examining the relationship between language and cognition. The pattern of dissociation of abilities in dementia can yield information regarding the normal relationship – dependence or independence – between language and more general cognitive abilities. [...] To study language production and comprehension abilities in dementing patients is to explore the boundaries between syntax and semantics and among semantics, real world knowledge, and reasoning abilites.“ In this termpaper I will show that A.D. has severe effects on the patients’ language and that it is primarily caused by an impaired memory. During the second chapter, I will give a brief overview of the disease in general, i.e. the history of A.D., the insights and damages of A.D.-patients’ brain and body, and the different stages of this disease. Chapter 3 will present a selection of the most common effects of A.D. on language. The fourth chapter will close with a short summary of the termpaper and a conclusion.
| Author | : Iris Murdoch |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 1997-03-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101174129 |
On the eve of their wedding, Edward Lannion and Marian Berran are led away onto dark and strange paths, while their friends and lovers are forced to make new and surprising choices. Watching over all of them is Jackson, a mysterious and charismatic manservant who, in guiding all the young lovers into the light, has to make his own agonizing decisions.
| Author | : Sebastian Putzier |
| Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 29 |
| Release | : 2016-06-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 3668244537 |
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Institut für Anglistik/ Amerikanistik), course: Language, Mind and Brain, language: English, abstract: What is to be examined in this paper is the overview of the current research status about language pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. The errors of the language system, visible in the lexicon, semantics, lexical semantics, syntax, etc. in reading, writing and spelling of concerned people will be examined. Furthermore, the neuropathological view on the Alzheimer brain will be explained. In between the last fifteen years, dementia has become one of the main causes of death in industrialized countries. Each year from 1996 to 2006 more than 50-60 percent of the elderly in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and the United States of America died of a sort of dementia. Researchers examine disease patterns of dementia and claim coherence between the lifespan of people and the outbreak of dementia diseases. Of course, statistics point out that over the last hundred years the expectancy of life of newborns rose in Germany from 44.8 percent for boys and 48.3 percent for girls in 1901 up to 74.4 percent for boys and 80.5 percent for girls in 1998. Also the lifespan of people aged 60 years and older has risen from 13.1 (males) and 14.2 (females) percent up to 18.9 (males) and 23.2 (females) percent in 1998. Neuropathologists have been working for more than fifty years to examine and catalogue each variety of the dementia diseases, which becomes more and more difficult as specialized braincast equipments and specific knowledge are updated steadily. Since 1994 the 21st September is declared World Alzheimer's DayTM. At this special day of the year, Alzheimer associations prepare information materials and concentrate all their efforts on raising attention about dementia in the eyes of governments, society, medical professionals and people with dementia, their relatives and caregivers.
| Author | : Rosemary Lubinski |
| Publisher | : Singular |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Maria Schmeiser |
| Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 39 |
| Release | : 2011-07-26 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 3640967070 |
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Linguistik, Note: 1,3, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), Veranstaltung: HS „Language, Mind and Brain“, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Iris has got more than one world going on inside her head – a secret world. [...] I’m the only friend that knows of her secret world. [...] It’s like in a fairy story: I’m the young man in love with a beautiful maiden. Who disappears into an unknown and mysterious world every now and again, who always comes back. (John about Iris in the Film ‘Iris’ 2001) This paper is focusing on the impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on language production, since we won’t be able to explain this complex desease in medical detail. For introductory reasons a short insight into language and the brain in general will be given. From a neurolinguistic point of view we will then eleborate on the various brain areas affected by Alzheimer’s and on the various speech deficiencies that can occur within an Alzheimer’s patient. As an example of how big the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on language is, the main character in the film ‘Iris’, a dementic woman, will be examined with a focus on language problems.
| Author | : Julia Niehaus |
| Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 31 |
| Release | : 2023-08-29 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 3346930610 |
Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Duisburg-Essen (Anglophone Studies), course: As words fail- Linguistic perspectives on Alzheimer's discourse, language: English, abstract: In the first half of this paper, one is presented with the theoretical background of Alzheimer’s disease. The different stages of Alzheimer’s disease, its connection between language and the brain and the specific language impairments specifically connected to Alzheimer’s disease, are examined, and portrayed. Firstly, it is important to briefly outline what Alzheimer’s disease is and how it can be diagnosed and treated. After this, the second step is establishing the different stages of the disease, as this helps linking certain symptoms to the progress and status of the illness and analyzing whether the representation is accurate or not. Then, language and the Alzheimer’s brain are closer investigated and portrayed, as this is crucial to understanding how linguistic impairment is even linked to Alzheimer’s and how the symptoms arise over the course of the illness. Lastly, the different language impairments will be outlined, and their symptoms will be examined further. All the chapter of the first part of the paper form the theoretical basis that is not only necessary for the ability to recognize linguistic representations of Alzheimer’s disease in the film in the first place, but also for the ability to analyze and draw conclusions about those representations in a broader, theoretical context. They build the framework for the analysis and the conclusions drawn later on in this paper and therefore are crucial as they are continuously referred to later on. The second part of this paper then specifically uses the previously attained knowledge and analyzes in how far and in what way it is represented in the film “Still Alice”. Firstly, the movie and its plot are briefly explained and displayed, so that the following chapters are not left without context and to give more context on the setting and circumstances of the subject of analysis. After this, data is collected by watching the film, reading the script and parallel to this examining the prevalence of the represented linguistic symptoms in each of the three parts of the film “Still Alice”. This is a qualitative approach to data collection and is based on a certain list of symptoms that are counted throughout this process.
| Author | : Boyd H. Davis |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 2014-07-08 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1443863750 |
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 language is written by non-linguists. AD language is independently researched in at least psychology, neuroscience, sociology, clinical linguistics and nursing. Each discipline has its own methods, theories, assumptions and values, which affect the research questions asked, the empirical approach taken in answering them, and how the evidence is interpreted. Without a more reliable holistic picture informed by linguistic and applied linguistic theory and methods, approaches to diagnosis and care risk being constrained, and may result in a less than satisfactory experience for all those whose daily life involves the direct or indirect experience of AD.” This book is an attempt to address some of the above issues noted by bringing together a group of researchers whose work focuses on interaction in the context of dementia. The authors represent the fields of linguistics, clinical linguistics, nursing, and speech pathology, and each chapter draws on methods associated with discourse analysis and pragmatics to examine how people with dementia utilize language in the presence of cognitive decline. In addition, the book seeks to generate academic discussion on how researchers can move forward to focus greater attention on this topic. In particular, this collection will inspire researchers involved in mainstream theoretical linguistics and pragmatics to turn their attention to the discourse of dementia and investigate what it has to say about our knowledge of language theories, and, in addition, to challenge what we know about ourselves as subjective beings.
| Author | : Christophe Cusimano |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2021-01-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1119808235 |
This book questions the relationship and compatibility between current beliefs in neurology and contemporary textual linguistic theories, interpretative semantics and discourse analysis. It begins with a critical examination of the screenings for AlzheimerÂs type dementia through cognitive testing, particularly screenings where language is used. It then analyzes the various linguistic properties (morphological, syntactic and semantic) of the speech of AlzheimerÂs patients, which can be troubling for both caregivers and their environment in general. More than a synthesis of critical linguistic reflections, Language and Neurology provokes a fruitful reflection through adjustments suggested by the acquired knowledge of textual semantics.
| Author | : Robert W. Schrauf |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2013-11-20 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1317916603 |
This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement. The book aims to identify and describe specific linguistic devices or strategies at the level of turn-by-turn talk that promote and extend conversation, and to explore real-world engagements that reflect these strategies. Final reflections tie these linguistic strategies and practices to wider issues of the "self" and "agency" in persons with dementia. Thematically, the volume fosters an integrated perspective on communication and cognition in terms of which communicative resources are recognized as cognitive resources, and communicative interaction is treated as reflecting cognitive engagement. This reflects perspectives in cognitive anthropology and cognitive science that regard human cognitive activity as distributed and culturally rooted. This volume is intended for academic researchers and advanced students in applied linguistics, linguistic and medical anthropology, nursing, and social gerontology; and practice professionals in speech-language pathology and geropsychology.
