The Cultural Model of Ageing in Australian English

延长老年是我们这个时代最重要的医学和社会突破之一。随着澳大利亚等国家为这场“长寿革命”做准备，目前的研究为这一重要的跨学科领域提供了急需的语言支持。通过探索当代澳大利亚人用来直接或间接谈论变老的表达方式，该项目将揭示我们的社会如何将这个经常被视为禁忌的话题概念化。除了学术成果外，这项工作还以信息小册子和专业发展课程的形式具有非常实际的应用，旨在提高老年护理服务的质量，并最终改善老龄化的过程和结果。

Prolonged old age is one of the most significant medical and societal breakthroughs of our time. As countries like Australia prepare themselves for this ‘longevity revolution’, the current research delivers the much-needed linguistic support for this important interdisciplinary area. By exploring the expressions that contemporary Australians use to talk, directly or indirectly, about growing old, the project will reveal how our society now conceptualises a topic so often considered taboo. In addition to scholarly outcomes, this work has a very practical application in the form of information booklets and professional development courses aimed to improve the quality of aged-care services and ultimately the course and outcome of ageing.