Joaquin2010
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
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| Author(s) | Anna Dina L. Joaquin |
| Title | Frontotemporal dementia, sociality, and identity: Comparing adult-child and caregiver-frontotemporal dementia interactions |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Dementia, Identity, Adult-child interactions, Caregiver interactions |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Journal | Discourse Studies |
| Volume | 12 |
| Number | 4 |
| Pages | 443–464 |
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| DOI | 10.1177/1461445610370129 |
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Abstract
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the prefrontal cortex, and impairs various aspects relevant to social cognition. Such impairments can emerge as a visible phenomenon in social interaction and therefore can have very real consequences for those who interact with the afflicted (Goodwin, 2003). In this article, I examine how attitudes toward FTD patients are indexed through speech features employed by their interlocutors. I focus on three different speech features typically employed by adults and directed towards subordinates or children: directives, let’s/we framed sequences, and initiation-response-evaluation sequences. These forms are used as strategies to affect and guide FTD patient behaviors, and index how FTD patients are socially constructed as ‘child-like’ and in need of assistance and guidance though not necessarily warranted. Thus, FTD patients may be subject to a diminished status as a result of their social impairments.
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