English Dictionary

elderspeak

名詞

不可算名詞

A simplified, patronizing speech style used by younger adults when addressing elderly people.

日本語の意味

高齢者に対し、若い世代が用いる、単純化されわかりやすくも、恩着せがましい（場合により侮蔑的な）話し方

When nurses slip into elderspeak, they unintentionally undermine their patients' dignity.

看護師が若い人が高齢者に対して用いる、簡略化されて恩着せがましい話し方に陥ると、患者の尊厳を意図せず損ねてしまう。

意味（1）

A simplified, patronizing speech style used by younger adults when addressing elderly people.

In this case, the “communicative predicament of aging” is that elderspeak led to a decrease in the older adults' self-ratings of communicative competence yet it also improved their performance on the referential communication tasks.