Spontaneous Speech in Dementia

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Eda C., Gulmira K.

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, cilt.26, sa.2, ss.175-189, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.31470/2309-1797-2019-26-2-175-189
  • Dergi Adı: PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-189
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Alzheimer's Disease, early-onset Alzheimer's patients, spontaneous speech Alzheimer's patients, declarative sentences, interrogative sentences, ONSET ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, LANGUAGE DECLINE, AGE, MEMORY
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction. Although memory impairment is the main symptom of Alzheimer Disease (AD), language impairment can be an important evidence, too. In many researches, it is stated that language is impaired in a different way in AD. Syntax, which is the subfield of language are more preserved compared to the other fields. However, it is also known that syntactic features of AD patients can also be impaired in the moderate and severe stages of the illness. Another important thing that is important to differentiate the effects of illness is the onset. There are two subtypes of AD: early-onset (befor 65 years old) and late-onset (after 65 yaers old). Compared to late-onset, early onset Alzheimer's Disease (EOAD) is often associated with atypical symptoms including language and visuospatial dysfunction. Thus, in this study it was aimed to analyse the spontaneous speech of EGAD patients via two language tests and compare it with an age/education-matched control. In this analysis, just the declarative and interrogative sentences were compared.