{"product_id":"9783032274366","title":"Researching Dementia in Multilingual Contexts Approaches, Challenges, and Solutions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eResearching Dementia in Multilingual Contexts\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eApproaches, Challenges, and Solutions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarolin Schneider Ward | Katrin B. Karl | Aldona Rzitki\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis Open Access book explores the intersection of multilingualism and dementia, bringing together previous research on language, aging and cognitive change. It offers an accessible guide to studying multilingualism and dementia, with a focus on interaction, ethics, and real-world research design. It also provides a critical overview of existing research, highlighting key questions addressed so far, identifying persistent gaps, and outlining what is needed to move the field forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAcross five chapters, it discusses the major ethical and practical challenges researchers are facing in this field and explores the complexity of managing variables in research involving older, multilingual individuals living with dementia. It then guides readers through practical methodological decisions and concludes with future directions for research, policy, and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners working in applied linguistics and pragmatics, particularly those with a focus on multilingualism, and health communication, especially discourses relating to dementia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eCarolin Schneider Ward\u003c\/strong\u003e is a post-doctoral researcher in English linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, specializing in pragmatics. Her work spans (digital) health communication, multilingualism, (critical) discourse analysis in online and offline contexts. She previously authored \u003cem\u003eAn Ethno-Social Approach to Code Choice in Bilinguals Living with Alzheimer’s\u003c\/em\u003e (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eKatrin B. Karl\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of Slavic linguistics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on Slavic-German multilingualism and language variation, including aspects of age. She initiated the UnVergessen project, in which multilingual students and persons in need of care come together and benefit from the exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eAldona Rzitki\u003c\/strong\u003e is a research assistant and doctoral candidate in Slavic linguistics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her current research focuses on the impact of lifelong multilingualism in old age, and she collaborates on the UnVergessen project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUniversity of Bern\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032274366\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e167\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"University of Bern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47757036355724,"sku":"9783032274366","price":34.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032274366.jpg?v=1780619341","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032274366","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}