Alzheimer Talk, Text and Context (PDF)

ANN P. ANAS Research Coordinator, Communication and Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
CYNTHIA BERNSTEIN Professor of Linguistics, University of Memphis, USA
JEUTONNE P. BREWER Associate Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
KERRY BYRNE Doctoral candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada
NANCY GREEN Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
HEIDI E. HAMILTON Associate Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University, USA
MARGARET MACLAGAN Associate Professor, Communications Disorders, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
PEYTON MASON Head of Linguistic Insights, Inc., USA
LINDA MOORE Associate Professor of Nursing, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA
GUENTER M.J. NOLD Professor and Dean at the University of Dortmund, Germany
J.B. ORANGE Associate Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Western Ontario, Canada
CHARLENE POPE Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing and College of Health Professions, USA
DANIELLE RIPICH Dean, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
LISA RUSSELL-PINSON Project Manager of Project MORE, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA
ELLEN BOUCHARD RYAN Professor of Psychiatry and Gerontology at McMaster University, Canada
DENA SHENK Professor of Anthropology and directs the Gerontology Program at University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA
HENDRIKA SPYKERMAN Graduate student in the Sociology Program at McMaster University, Canada

'...this collection is a praiseworthy effort at meeting the challenges of research into dementia from a multi-disciplinary perspective...this is a book I would highly recommend for use by both students and researchers. It provides a useful resource that exemplifies how linguistic approaches can be systematically applied to both written texts and conversational data. Even more importantly, it is underpinned by a concern for integrity of the individual and points to strategies that can be used to improve the communication process in dementia.' - Jackie Guendouzi, Journal of Sociolinguistics