Shaughan Keaton

[ 1 ] - Subjective Health: The Roles of Communication, Language, Aging, Stereotypes, and Culture

A consensually-agreed position among scholars of communication and aging is that while psychological and physical health mutually impact each other, the quality of language to and from older adult individuals shape each of these—and are shaped by them. Encounters with others inside and outside of one’s age ingroup involve stereotyped expectations with regard to language and other speec...