A Study of Elder Rights Protection Discourses: Definition, Topics and Approaches

Recent years have seen growing concerns about elder rights protection issues in the aging society in China, initiating related research.The present paper, breaking through the previous studies from the social and legal perspectives, reveals the linguistic nature of elder rights protection issues, and proposes a linguistic turn in the study of elder rights protection after reviewing the previous studies home and abroad.The definition and significance of elder rights protection discourses are elaborated, and the research topics of elder rights protection discourses are further discussed from the perspectives of ontology and application research.The qualitative methods and integrative multimodal studies are suggested to expand the research field.This paper aims to highlight the practical and academic significance of studying the elder's language to strengthen the protection of rights and interests of the elderly.