Seniors, Foreign Caregivers, Families, Institutions: Linguistic and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

A multidisciplinary examination of aging discourse reveals how language shapes care, policy, and perception.

The studies included in this edited volume explore discourses surrounding the aging population, those who assist them, their families and the institutions/organizations that offer services to them. Qualitative and quantitative theoretical inputs from a variety of research domains – (socio)linguistics, anthropology, philosophy, cultural studies, cognitive science, as well as statistics...