Approaches to Discourse in Dementia

Jacqueline A. Guendouzi, Nicole Muller

Contents: Preface. Dementia and Its Discourses. Data Collection, Transcription, and Presentation. Ethnography of Communication in Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. Interactional Approaches. Conversation Analysis. Speaker's Meaning and Listener's Understanding: Cooperation and Doing Things With Words. Critical Approaches to Discourse. Repetitiveness in Conversations With Dementia. Intelligibility and Mutual Understanding in Dementia Discourse. Epiligoue: Future Directions. Appendices: Notations and Conventions for Transcribing. Conversation Between F and J. Conversation Between F and J. Conversation Between E and M. Conversation Between MA and B (With Contributions From C and an Unidentified Resident). Conversation Between FM, MH, and R.