Alzheimer talk, text, and context: enhancing communication

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Acknowledgments Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Some Commonalities PART I: TALK AND TEXT There Was an Old Woman: Maintenance of Identity by People with Alzheimer's Dementia D.Shenk Evidencing Kitwood's Personhood Strategies: Conversation as Care in Dementia E.B.Ryan, K.Byrne, H.Spykerman, J.B.Orange Speak To Me, Listen To Me: Ethnic and Gender Variations in Talk and Potential Consequences in Interactions For People With Alzheimer's Disease C.Pope, D.N.Ripich Talking in The Here And Now: Reference and Politeness in Alzheimer Conversation B.H.Davis, C.Bernstein Carousel Conversation: Aspects of Family Roles and Topic Shift in Alzheimer's Talk J.P.Brewer Alzheimer's Speakers and Two Languages G.M.J.Nold So, You Had Two Sisters, Right? Functions For Discourse Markers in Alzheimer's Talk B.H.Davis Bad Times and Good Times: Lexical Variation over Time in Robbie Walters' Speech M.MacLagan, P.Mason PART II: TEXT AND CONTEXT Communication Enhancement with Family Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease K.Byrne, J.B.Orange Writers with Dementia: The Interplay among Reading, Writing, and Personhood E.B.Ryan, H.Spykerman, A.P.Anas Simulating Alzheimer's Discourse For Caregiver Training in Artificial Intelligence-based Dialogue Systems N.Green Understanding Text About Alzheimer's Talk L.Russell-Pinson, L.Moore Epilogue: The Prism, The Soliloquy, The Couch and The Dance - The Evolving Study of Language and Alzheimer's Disease H.E.Hamilton Index