Review article : Dependency and Independency in Old Age - theoretical perspectives and policy alternatives Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard and Patricia Strang (eds) Croom Helm in association with the British Society of Gerontology, 1986, £22.50

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
pp. 109-113
Author(s):  
Stewart Greenwell
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Review Article ◽  
British Society ◽  
Policy Alternatives ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives

scholarly journals Irony, humour and culture in George Mikes’ How to Be a Brit: relevance-theoretical perspectives

Diacronia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Angeles Ruiz-Moneva
Keyword(s):  
Relevance Theory ◽  
British Society ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Proper Balance

This paper aims to analyse the role played by humour and irony in the interpretation of George Mikes’ How to Be a Brit. It will be contended that these resources are important for the reader to understand and enjoy the meaning intended to be communicated by the author. Mikes must have sought to show the inconsistencies and incongruities of the British society and culture, under the perspective of an ‘alien’, of an outsider. Therefore, irony and humour become stylistic resources that guide the reader’s interpretation of the text. The framework applied will be relevance theory, a pragmatic approach which highlights the inferential processes involved in the understanding of a message. However, its views on culture have often been neglected or misunderstood. This paper will therefore seek to trace whether relevance theory as a whole, and concretely, its proposals concerning humour, irony and culture can help the reader to cope with the meaning of the work under analysis. It will be contended that a proper balance between the reader’s inferential derivation of the meaning conveyed by the speaker and his freedom to reach his own conclusions (which are in any case constrained by the text) helps to a better understanding and interpretation of the text.

A new partner as a resource for social support

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Bildtgård ◽  
Peter Öberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Rational Choice Theory ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
The Individual

This chapter investigates the gains of repartnering in old age. What can a new intimate relationship offer the individual who repartners in later life and are these rewards different in later life than earlier in life? The chapter starts with a brief presentation of two theoretical perspectives that have been used to understand the reasons for late-life repartnering: rational choice theory and functionalism. It continues by detailing different kinds of social support that a new relationship can offer the individual – companionate, emotional and practical support.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic: Age and Temperature Related Effects

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gursharan Kaur ◽  
Amandeep Singh ◽  
Raj Kumar Narang ◽  
Gurmeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Actual Reality ◽  
The Family ◽  
Immunity Factor ◽  
The Common ◽  
Effects Of Temperature

Background: Coronavirus belongs to the phylum- incertae sedis, order- nidovirales, family- coronaviridae, and the subfamily-orthocononaviridae. Coronaviruses spring up from the family of viruses that can cause malady such as the common cold, fever, shortness of breath, aches, chills, loss of smell, etc. Objective: As we all know coronavirus has affected the whole world and many of the affected patients has led to death. As the prevalence of this disease has raised, many myths has also originated like the effect of temperature on the virus; is this virus surely killed by effect of temperature? Is the effect of this virus is more on the old age patients? In the presented compilation, we have tried to exposé the actual reality behind these all myths and also tried to find the morphologic difference of coronavirus from the other viruses. Methods: The recent updates on this virus have been obtained from search engines like Pub med and Google scholar, by using COVID-19, coronavirus, Pandemic corona keywords. Results: After a huge search on the temperature effect on this disease; it was evident that there is no effect of temperature on the coronavirus. Due to the immunity factor, it showed its worst effect on old age people in many countries. Conclusion: The structure, symptoms and incubation period of coronavirus have been given in this review article. We have summarized how the coronavirus is different from others and the effects of temperature and old age have been also discussed.

scholarly journals Editorial Note

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-227
Author(s):  
Elena Lieven
Keyword(s):  
Argument Structure ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Construction Grammar ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mark Johnson ◽  
Extended Review

This issue contains a new Review Article and Discussion section. The idea is to ask a leading researcher to contribute an article which can either be a review of a field or an extended book review and to then ask for commentaries on the piece by other researchers. In this issue the section consists of a commentary by Michael Tomasello on Adele Goldberg's Constructions: a construction grammar approach to argument structure together with twelve commentaries and a reply. The next of these sections will be an extended review by Matthew Rispoli of Rethinking innateness: a connectionist perspective on development by Jeffrey Elman, Elizabeth Bates, Mark Johnson, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Domenico Parisis and Kim Plunkett. I very much hope that readers will find the new section an interesting and useful contribution to theoretical and methodological discussion in the field. Of course the success of this venture depends on contributions from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and on people's willingness to make these contributions even where they sharply disagree with the thesis of the review article.

In defiance of an ageing culture

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIKE HEPWORTH
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Middle Years ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Declining to Decline: Cultural Combat and the Politics of the Midlife. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia 1997, 276pp, $29.95 cloth ISBN 0-8139-1721-2.Margaret Morganroth Gullette is one of America's foremost critics of the concept of ageing as a universal and comprehensive process of decline which begins in the middle years. She is a formidable critic of biological essentialism, defender of social constructionism, and opponent of ‘middle ageism’. Her most recent book, published in 1997 and not yet available in the UK, has been widely acclaimed in the USA. This review article describes Gullette's analysis of the social construction of decline in the context of her previous writings on midlife and outlines her strategy for combatting the decline model of ageing into old age.

Conclusion

2009 ◽  
pp. 192-215
Author(s):  
Timothy Schoechle
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Policy Alternatives ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives

This chapter offers the conclusions of the study, briefly summarizes the entire study, and then presents the results and their relevance to the study’s theoretical perspectives. Recommendations are also provided about how the discourse on standardization might be clarified and employed more fruitfully by those exploring policy alternatives, including academia, government, and industry. The limitations of the study are assessed and some suggestions are made about possible areas for further research, both theoretical and practical. Finally, observations are included that relate this work to the larger context of global economic, political, and social change.

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