Language breakdown and the construction of meaning: Linguistic frameworks for readings of dementia in literature

Joan Rahilly

Language breakdown and the construction of meaning: Linguistic frameworks for readings of dementia in literature

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Abstract

This chapter explores the background to representations of language in dementia in contemporary literary fiction and non-fiction, from a perspective which draws upon work in clinical speech and language, neurolinguistics and cognitive linguistics, and interactional discourse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Dementia and Literature
Editors	T Maginess
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	115-132
Publication status	Published - 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Speech and Hearing
Linguistics and Language

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