Diskursive Konstruktionen und Reflektionen von Altersbildern -- Ein Blick auf Sprache und Interaktionsnormen.

This paper tries to demonstrate the changing facets of age-constructions and -identities in verbal interactions, and seeks to trace the (re-)productions of age as a culturally anchored conceptual category with fuzzy edges. The variability and flexibility of the concept of age will first be explained with the help of a semantic analysis of the lexemes' antonymy. Addressing age-related compliments, the second part expands on this by analyzing the different roles images of ageing play in interactive verbal routines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]