Aging and language: A case study of a supercentenarian

Yueguo GU , Yongwei ZHANG
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This paper presents a case study of a supercentenarian MST who died at the age of 110. A brief review of the literature on centenarians and their longevity is made that shows the mainstream focus on demography, mortality, heritability, cognition and parameters of longevity. Centenarians’ language performance is generally overlooked except for mentions in MMSE tests. This paper fills the gap by detailed anatomies of MST’s video-taped interview together with data from his life history and many volumes of writing. The interview sample is also looked at as part of a bigger picture of daily living activities. A comparison is also made between MST and a 93-year-old nonagenarian using the 3-welt model of umwelt, innenwelt and lebenswelt. The paper concludes with a bold proposal of conceptualizing language as lived experiences independently from aging and disease.
老龄化与语言:一位超级百岁老人的个案研究
本文介绍了一位在110岁时去世的超级百岁老人MST的案例研究。简要回顾了百岁老人及其长寿的文献,发现主流的研究焦点集中在人口统计学、死亡率、遗传力、认知和长寿参数等方面。除了在MMSE测试中被提及外,百岁老人的语言表现通常被忽视。本文通过详细解剖MST的访谈录像,并结合他的生活史和许多卷的写作资料,填补了这一空白。访谈样本也被视为日常生活活动更大图景的一部分。同时,我们还采用了umwell, innenwell和lebenswelt的3- well模型对MST和一位93岁高龄的老人进行了比较。论文最后大胆地提出将语言概念化为独立于衰老和疾病的生活经验。
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