6. The Materiality of Letter Writing

2000 ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Hall
Keyword(s):  
Letter Writing

A Longitudinal Posthumous Study of Letter Writing in a Late Elderly Case

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Angel Ball ◽  
Jean Neils-Strunjas ◽  
Kate Krival
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Elderly Woman ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Letter Writing ◽  
Linguistic Performance ◽  
Errors Analysis ◽  
Normal Status

This study is a posthumous longitudinal study of consecutive letters written by an elderly woman from age 89 to 93. Findings reveal a consistent linguistic performance during the first 3 years, supporting “normal” status for late elderly writing. She produced clearly written cursive form, intact semantic content, and minimal spelling and stroke errors. A decline in writing was observed in the last 6–9 months of the study and an analysis revealed production of clausal fragmentation, decreasing semantic clarity, and a higher frequency of spelling, semantic, and stroke errors. Analysis of writing samples can be a valuable tool in documenting a change in cognitive status differentiated from normal late aging.

Review of Determining the achievement of pupils in letter writing.

1919 ◽  
Vol 10 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 295-295
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Letter Writing

Literature And Writing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Sesilia Celine Tanjung
Keyword(s):  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Narrative Therapy ◽  
Letter Writing ◽  
Therapeutic Writing ◽  
Morita Therapy

Penggunaan literatur secara terapeutik sebagai alat penyembuhan dalam konseling dikenal dengan berbagai nama. Di Barat, perkembangan terapi melalui tulisan disebut dengan berbagai istilah yaitu: theraupetic letter writing, expressive writing, therapeutic writing, scriptotherapy, dan dikaitkan dengan narrative therapy serta Morita therapy (White dan Murray, 2002; Soper dan Bergen, 2001; Felthan, 2000; Adams, 1999; Riordan, 1996).

Ancient Approaches to Letter-Writing and the Configuration of Communities through Epistles

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorsten Fögen
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Letter Writing ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Pliny The Younger ◽  
The Social ◽  
Letter Writer

The chapter explores reflections on the practice of letter-writing, with equal attention to instructional handbooks (esp. Demetrius’ Περὶ ἑρμηνείας‎, Iulius Victor’s Rhetorica, Pseudo-Demetrius’ Τύποι ἐπιστολικοί‎, Pseudo-Libanius’ Ἐπιστολιμαῖοι χαρακτῆρες‎, and Erasmus of Rotterdam’s De conscribendis epistolis) and the meta-generic statements that letter-writers routinely embed in their correspondence (with a special focus on Cicero, Ovid, Seneca, and Pliny the Younger). In both types of sources, what one might call the social dimension of style registers as a primary concern: in order for the letter to fulfil its purpose, namely to generate a special bond between sender and recipient, the chosen idiolect has to be ‘appropriate’ (πρέπον‎/aptum) to the interpersonal relationship and its specific circumstances and exigencies. Shared stylistic values and the willingness of the letter-writer to adjust his character to that of the recipient generate a sense of community between the correspondents.

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