Age-Specific Issues. Language, Spaces, Technologies (Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication, 298)

Book info: Age-Specific Issues. Language, Spaces, Technologies (Linguistic Insights: Studies in Language and Communication, 298) (Kindle, 280 pages) – Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2023. Language: English.

This volume is a collection of studies dealing with age or, rather, ages, mainly from a linguistic viewpoint, but also accommodating inputs from other disciplinary perspectives. It focuses on the linguistic, social, economic and ethical aspects of social groups defined in terms of age – which clearly includes seniors but is, of course, not limited to that. In a global setting where spaces are constantly being redefined, new technologies and phenomena like the COVID-19 pandemic exert a substantial influence on how ages are perceived, seen and constructed. Within such a complex and multi-layered context, the chapters of this book provide attempts at showcasing realities connected with language, ages and, in general, the discourses surrounding them.