With increasing numbers of senior citizens in many countries we are planning to work on a publication focussing on the elderly. The study could be sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic , or even discourse oriented. Topics could be wide ranging e.g how the elderly are perceived by service providers, what the views of the elderly are to elderese, their views of their changing world as they age etc If you are currently working on such issues do provide a synopsis of your study.
We can possibly work on how elderly people use language in the social domains. As within this age; their social sphere is restricted. Therefore; it is vital to know how they use their mother tongue especially within a multilingual context and influx of social media.
Interesting idea. Would you like to send me a detailed abstract if you want to work on this topic
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Language carries and conveys meaning which feeds assumptions and judgments that can lead to the development of stereotypes and discrimination. Continued examination of linguistic encoding is needed in order to recognize and rectify language-based age discrimination.
Hi Saba are you keen to work on this idea? if so would you like to send me a detailed abstract?
A comparative study based on the discourse of the elderly either living in different regions of the same country or different countries could be a significant area of research, which can help identify similarities and differences between the discourse of the elderly with reference to their topics of discourse, lexical choices, patterns of turn-taking, use of fillers, etc. This comparative study can be carried out using narrative inquiry based on the life stories of a small group of participants.
Maya Khemlani David there could be a specific study on age specific chronic morbidities, out-of-pocket expenditures. A comparative study on elderly living alone in home based set up and institutional set up.
presently i have submitted my doctoral thesis on multi-dimensional aspects of health of old- elderly living in Kerala.
I am interested in this project
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