Nominal and Verbal Predicate Use in Schizophrenia

Vural A., KURUOĞLU G.

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, vol.27, no.2, pp.213-228, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.31470/2309-1797-2020-27-2-213-228
  • Journal Name: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Linguistic Bibliography, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.213-228
  • Keywords: schizophrenia, sentence, predicate, nominal, verbal, language disorder, thought disorder, LANGUAGE, THOUGHT, COMMUNICATION, INSTRUMENT, MEMORY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. Schizophrenia's first characteristics invokes the notion of disordered thought and language. Accordingly one of several diagnostic characteristics of schizophrenia is an impairment of verbal communication. To determine the detailed nature of language impairments taking into consideration these problems the aim of the present study was to analyze nominal and verbal predicate use produced by schizophrenic patients and control group during their speech as both predicates require different processings.