Parkinson's Disease and Politeness  

Oleh:

Holtgraves, Thomas ; McNamara, Patrick

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Full Text) vol. 29 no. 2 (Jun. 2010), page 178-193.
Topik: politeness; Parkinson’s disease; communication debilitating illness (CDI)
Fulltext: Vol 29, no (2), page 178–193.pdf (243.58KB)

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Prior research suggests that people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) display certain deficiencies in their use of language. In this research, the authors used a role-playing technique to examine their ability to say things politely and to vary their level of politeness as a function of the social context. PD participants, relative to control participants, produced less polite strategies and failed to vary their politeness as a function of the size of the request. In addition, PD participants who were on highdosage levels, relative to control and low-dosage PD participants, did not vary their politeness as a function of the recipient’s power. Overall, this research demonstrates a deficit in politeness for people with PD, a deficit that most likely plays a role in some of the social deficits that have been demonstrated to occur for people with PD. Potential neurobiological mechanisms of this deficit are discussed.

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