TY - GEN T1 - Pragmatics in Dementia Discourse. T2 - Advances in pragmatics and discourse analysis. A2 - Guendouzi, Jacqueline A2 - Davis, Boyd H. LA - English PP - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn883571219 AB - 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 ... OP - 304 CN - RC521 SN - 9781443863759 SN - 1443863750 SN - 1306948517 SN - 9781306948517 SN - 9781443851671 KW - Alzheimer's disease. KW - Caregivers : Psychology. KW - Dementia : Patients : Care. KW - Dementia. KW - Misinformation. KW - Dementia KW - Alzheimer Disease KW - Caregivers : psychology KW - Communication KW - Comprehension KW - Patient Care : methods KW - Maladie d'Alzheimer. KW - Aidants naturels : Psychologie. KW - Déments : Soins. KW - Démence. KW - Mésinformation. KW - HEALTH & FITNESS : Diseases : General. KW - MEDICAL : Clinical Medicine. KW - MEDICAL : Diseases. KW - MEDICAL : Evidence-Based Medicine. KW - MEDICAL : Internal Medicine. KW - Alzheimer's disease KW - Caregivers : Psychology KW - Dementia : Patients : Care ER -