The contributors to this volume reference a shared, longitudinal corpus of spontaneous conversation elicited in natural settings from speakers with moderate to late moderate Alzheimer's Disease, utilizing other collections as appropriate, to analyze conversation, discourse and written text by and about Alzheimer's speech. Cross-disciplinary contributions from the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Germany, representing linguistics, gerontology, geriatric nursing, computer science, and communications disorders report on empirically-based investigations of social and pragmatic language competencies and strategies retained by AD patients which could ground communication enhancements or interventions.
Author Biography:
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 ofNorth Carolina-Charlotte, USA
HENDRIKA SPYKERMAN Graduate student in the Sociology Program at McMaster University, Canada
