Review: Osnabrücker Beiträge zur Sprachtheorie – Heft 62: Sprechalter (March 2001) [Osnabruecker Contributions to Language Theory—Special Issue No. 62: Speech Age"]. Edited by Svenja Sachweh & Joachim Gessinger

Authors

  • Günter Mey University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-3.4.808

Keywords:

language development, communication strategies, childhood, adolescence, elderly people

Abstract

The six contributions, collected in this special issue on "speech age," point out several perspectives from which to discuss the relation between age and language. Regarding "speech age," childhood and "symmetrical child relations" are discussed; in addition "asymmetrical" communication between adults and children is discussed. For the "speech age," an overview is given of adolescents' "language usage." Additionally, specific interaction practices among young males—called "Dissen" (derived from "disrespect," it might be translated as "ignoring")—are analyzed. Regarding the "speech age" of elderly people, some more general accesses are described in order to make age the subject of linguistic investigations. Findings on communication strategies of elderly people are reported. The issue does not provide a comprehensive overview over "age and language." To realize this an extended volume would have been necessary. Such a future volume should also include additional disciplinary perspectives besides the linguistic focus (outlined in the issue); e.g. sociological and psychological knowledge would be helpful to secure a closer understanding of language and age. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0204216

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Author Biography

Günter Mey, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal

Günter MEY (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/impressum/mey-d.htm) arbeitet als Wissenschaftlicher Assistent im Fachgebiet Entwicklungspsychologie an der Technischen Universität Berlin. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind u.a. Qualitative Methodologie und Methoden, Forschung zu Kindheit, Adoleszenz, Intergenerationenbeziehungen; sein spezielles Interesse gilt dabei der Identitätsforschung. Von Günter MEY liegen in FQS mehrere Rezensionsaufsätze und Besprechungen vor, so u.a. Interpretationsspielräume erkennen und nutzen – Reflexionen zum Sinnverstehen (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/2-00/2-00review-mey-d.htm), Den Kindern eine Stimme geben! Aber können wir sie hören? Zu den methodologischen Ansprüchen der neueren Kindheitsforschung (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/2-01/2-01review-mey-d.htm) und Justierungen von Identität (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/2-01/2-01review-mey2-d.htm).

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Published

2002-11-30

How to Cite

Mey, G. (2002). Review: Osnabrücker Beiträge zur Sprachtheorie – Heft 62: Sprechalter (March 2001) [Osnabruecker Contributions to Language Theory—Special Issue No. 62: Speech Age"]. Edited by Svenja Sachweh & Joachim Gessinger. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-3.4.808

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 4 (2002): Special Issue: FQS Reviews II

Section

Body / Culture / Identity

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