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Accommodative speech and terms of endearment: elements of a language mode often experienced by older adults (2003)
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Brown, A., & Draper, P. (2003). Accommodative speech and terms of endearment: elements of a language mode often experienced by older adults. Journal of advanced nursing, 41(1), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02500.x

Aim. To discuss the use of patronizing patterns of speech and modified forms of address in conversations between nurses and other health workers, and older people. Rationale. The impetus for this paper was the publication of the National Service F... Read More about Accommodative speech and terms of endearment: elements of a language mode often experienced by older adults.