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Dialogue and Dementia: Cognitive and Communicative Resources for Engagement - Language and Speech Disorders Robert W Schrauf 1st edition
Dialogue and Dementia: Cognitive and Communicative Resources for Engagement - Language and Speech Disorders
Robert W Schrauf
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 identifies and describes 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.
304 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 4 black & white line drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 3, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781848726628 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 292 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 231 × 15 mm · 412 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Muller, Nicole |
| Editor | Schrauf, Robert W. (Pennsylvania State University, USA) |