10.12.08

INTERESTING ARTICLES

- Arkin, S. (2007). Language-Enriched Exercise Plus Socialization Slows Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias, 22 (1), 62-77.
- Arkin, S. M., Mahendra, N. (2001). Discourse analysis of Alzheimer's patients before and after intervention: Methodology and outcomes. Aphasiology, 15(6), 533-569.
- Chapman, S. B., Ulatowska, H. K., King, K., Johnson, J. K., & McIntire, D. D. (1995). Discourse in early Alzheimer’s disease versus normal advanced aging. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 4(4), 125–129.
- Fromm, D., & Holland, A.L. (1989). Functional Communication in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders Vol.54, 535-540.
- Joanette, Y., Ansaldo, A.I., Carbonnel, S., Ska, B., Kahlaoui, K., Nespoulous, J.L. (2008). Communication, language and the brain: from past anterior to near future. Revue Neurologique, 164 (S3), 83-90.
- Mahendra, N., & Arkin, S. (2003). Effects of four years of exercise, language, and social interventions on Alzheimer discourse. Journal of Communication Disorders, 36(5), 395-422.
- Orange, J. B., & Kertesz, A. (2000). Discourse analyses and dementia. Brain & Language, 71, 172–174.
- Sherratt, S. (2007). Multi-level discourse analysis: A feasible approach. Aphasiology, 21 (3/4), 375-393.
- Stemmer, B. (1999). Discourse Studies in Neurologically Impaired Populations: A Quest for Action. Brain Language, 68, 402-18.
- van Dijk, T. A. (1997). Context models and text processing. In M. Stamenow (Ed.). Language Structure, Discourse and the Access to Consciousness . Amsterdam: Benjamins, 189-226.
- van Dijk, T. A. (2006). Discourse, context and cognition. Discourse Studies, 8(1), 159-177.

20.11.08

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

- Davis, Boyd (ed.). (2005). Alzheimer Talk, Text, and Context: Enhancing Communication. New York: Palgrave-McMillan.
- Guendouzi, J. and Müller, N. .(2006). Approaches to Discourse in Dementia. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Hamilton, Heidi E. (1994). Conversations with an Alzheimer's Patient: An Interactional Sociolinguistic Study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Hamilton, Heidi E. (2003). Glimmers: A Journey Through Alzheimer's Disease. Ashland, OR: RiverWood Books.
- Radvansky, G. A. (2006). Human Memory. Allyn & Bacon.
- Ramanathan, V. (1997). Alzheimer discourse: Some sociolinguistic dimensions. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Sabat, S. (2001). The experience of Alzheimer's Disease: Life through a tangled veil. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Stemmer, B. (1998).
Handbook of neurolinguistics. San Diego: Academic Press.
- van Dijk, Teun A. (2008). Discourse and Context: A Sociocognitive Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- van Dijk, T.A. (1997) ‘Cognitive Context Models and Discourse’, in M. Stamenov (ed.)
Language Structure, Discourse and the Access to Consciousness, pp. 189–226. Amsterdam:
John Benjamins.

THE NEED TO CREATE SUCH KIND OF BLOG

This blog has been set up to provide a virtual space as an international meeting point for researchers, PhD students or anyone interested in studying this research area. The aims of the blog are: 1) to share information among researchers thus taking a multidisciplinary approach to Discourse Studies and Alzheimer's Disease; 2) to publish and update a blog with relevant links, documentation, congresses, conferences about Alzheimer Discourse; 3) to know find out where this type of research is being carried out and by whom; and 4) to be aware of the importance of studying Alzheimer Discourse to achieve an integral knowledge, not only, regarding interaction among discourse processes, memory systems and context, but also about the communicative profile and real needs of people living with this disease.