Chapter 9. Discursive construction of (old) age identity in Poland

Kiełkiewicz‐Janowiak, Agnieszka

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“…Their aim is to explore how individuals discursively and interactionally construct, negotiate and define age identities (see, for example, Coupland et al, ; De Fina & Georgakopoulou, ; Nikander, ). Kielkiewicz‐Janowiak (), to give just one example, interviewed Polish adults aged 65+ in order to explore how they discursively define (old) age. Her discourse analysis revealed that the following were relevant for categorizing someone as old: lacking intellectual and emotional agility, being dependent on others in terms of daily living, and being retired.…”

Section: Listening To Older Adults: Key Reasons For Studying Old‐age mentioning

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Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism

Pichler

Wagner

Hesson

2018

Language and Linguist. Compass

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The speech of older adults (65+ years old) is a rich resource for a wide range of researchers, including oral historians, developmental psychologists, health communication scholars, speech and hearing specialists, and discourse analysts. Yet in variationist sociolinguistics—the study of language variation, language change, and their social motivations—older adults have fallen afoul of a kind of scholarly ageism. Often consigned to the status of a historical benchmark against which the speech of younger people is compared, and with only rare acknowledgment of their biological, psychological and social diversity, old‐age speakers deserve greater attention. This article provides linguists with an overview of relevant conceptualizations of age and ageing in gerontology, explains why a focus on older speakers is critical to the advancement of the study of language variation and change, and offers practical suggestions for overcoming some of the challenges associated with old‐age research.

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Section: Listening To Older Adults: Key Reasons For Studying Old‐age mentioning

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Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism

Pichler

Wagner

Hesson

2018

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“…when they connect back to historical, social or political events (cf. Okulska 2011, Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak 2011.…”

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Language identity and cultural memory in borderland areas. A survey-based research with aged respondents (seniors)

2019

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The article presents methodological and practical experiences of an inter-university research project “Language of boundaries – Boundaries of language. Paralinguistic aspects of intercultural communication”, one of project tasks being conducting interviews with Polish and German senior respondents. The project aims were, among others, to investigate linguistic and cultural awareness, the sense of proximity/alienness with the culture and the others in the transborder area and the processes of mutual accommodation. In this context, senior respondents are a particularly precious target group in language contact studies as they are witnesses of linguistic identity and cultural memory. The interviews took place in the Polish-German border region of Frankfurt/Oder and Słubice. The respondents were asked questions included in a questionnaire that was especially prepared for the purpose. The questions included among other things questions about the respondents’ origins, professional life, education, daily habits, languages spoken by them, attitudes towards the other cultural group. The authors have not only presented theoretical basics of transborder studies, accommodation processes and age studies, but they have also given practical tips on what should be considered when doing interviews with the elderly. The article includes a summary of the answers given by the two groups of the respondents. With the article, the authors intend to contribute methodologically to future socio- and gerontolinguistic studies. The research was carried out as part of the project Język pogranicza – pogranicze języka. Parajęzykowe aspekty komunikacji międzykulturowej (UMO: No. 0106 / NPRH3 / H12 / 82/2014) financed by the National Program for the Development of Humanities.

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Chapter 9. Discursive construction of (old) age identity in Poland

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Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism

Old‐age language variation and change: Confronting variationist ageism

Language identity and cultural memory in borderland areas. A survey-based research with aged respondents (seniors)

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