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- Title
Code accommodation as a measure of inclusion for bilingual people living with dementia of the Alzheimer's type: A case study.
- Authors
Schneider, Carolin; Bös, Birte
- Abstract
This case study explores the dynamics of code choices in interactions involving bilingual people living with dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (DAT) and their primary care partners, focusing on two narrative interviews held in private settings. Drawing on a combination of Communication Accommodation Theory and Conversation Analysis, it takes account of the patterns, communicative functions and effects of code choices and code switching as practices of interactional adjustment. The qualitative analysis sheds light on inclusive and non-inclusive interactional adjustments expressed through code choices by individual speakers, especially focusing on code accommodation at turn boundaries. Results indicate a high language awareness in the two speakers living with DAT and positive communicational outcomes when code accommodation is performed by the conversational partner.
- Subjects
DEMENTIA patients; BILINGUALISM; COMMUNICATION accommodation theory; ALZHEIMER'S disease; LANGUAGE awareness
- Publication
Pragmatics & Society, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
1878-9714
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1075/ps.23042.sch