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Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse [electronic resource].

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Series: Advances in pragmatics and discourse analysisPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781443863759
1443863750

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Summary: 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 ...

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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 ...

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