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Language and Neurology


Language and Neurology

Alzheimer's Disease
1. Aufl.

von: Christophe Cusimano

139,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 12.01.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9781119808237
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 192

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This book questions the relationship and compatibility between current beliefs in neurology and contemporary textual linguistic theories, interpretative semantics and discourse analysis. <p>It begins with a critical examination of the screenings for Alzheimer�s type dementia through cognitive testing, particularly screenings where language is used. It then analyzes the various linguistic properties (morphological, syntactic and semantic) of the speech of Alzheimer�s patients, which can be troubling for both caregivers and their environment in general. <p>More than a synthesis of critical linguistic reflections, Language and Neurology provokes a fruitful reflection through adjustments suggested by the acquired knowledge of textual semantics.
<p>Acknowledgments vii</p> <p>Introduction ix</p> <p><b>Chapter 1. Linguistics, Language Pathologies and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Brief History </b><b>1</b></p> <p>1.1. Gagnepain’s theory of mediation: an approach to pathological speech on its own terms 2</p> <p>1.2. “Looking for help from linguistics”: other (rare) resources 10</p> <p><b>Chapter 2. Alzheimer’s Disease: General Symptoms and Language Impairments </b><b>17</b></p> <p>2.1. General symptoms 18</p> <p>2.2. Language-related problems 25</p> <p><b>Chapter 3. Cognitive Testing: The Key to Diagnosing Memory Pathologies </b><b>31</b></p> <p>3.1. Definitions of psychometric tests 31</p> <p>3.2. Test types 34</p> <p>3.3. Intelligence tests: a starting point 35</p> <p>3.4. The mysterious test 38</p> <p>3.5. Postulates on verbal language in cognitive testing 39</p> <p>3.6. Verbal and non-verbal cognitive tests 43</p> <p>3.6.1. Non-verbal tests 44</p> <p>3.6.2. Basic verbal tests: naming, designation and matching 48</p> <p>3.6.3. Tests using idiomatic expressions 54</p> <p>3.6.4. Barbizet’s test: “The Lion’s Tale” 58</p> <p>3.7. Tests and context(s) 66</p> <p>3.8. Absence of a cultural dimension in cognitive testing 70</p> <p>3.8.1. First-generation North African patients in France 70</p> <p>3.8.2. Erasure of Czech/Slovak cultural disparities 71</p> <p>3.8.3. Connecting cognition and culture: origins and perspectives 72</p> <p>3.9. Summary: rewriting tests 73</p> <p><b>Chapter 4. Analyzing the Speech of Alzheimer’s Patients: Methods and Perspectives </b><b>79</b></p> <p>4.1. An eclectic range of approaches 79</p> <p>4.2. Patient–physician dialog and autobiographies: microsemantic analysis 89</p> <p>4.3. Analyzing patient discourse: perspectives 106</p> <p>4.3.1. Recursion, circularity and sequences: finding meaning through analysis grids 106</p> <p>4.3.2. A multi-channel approach 113</p> <p>4.3.3. Confabulations: “from minor distortion to bizarre tales”17 117</p> <p>Conclusion 129</p> <p>Appendices 135</p> <p>Appendix 1. Interview Transcriptions: The Lion’s Tale Test 137</p> <p>Appendix 2. English Translations for Chapter 4 159</p> <p>References 165</p> <p>Index 173</p>
<p><b>Christophe Cusimano</b> is Professor of French linguistics and a member of the Prague Linguistic Circle. He teaches and conducts his research in semantics at the Institute of Romanticism of the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.

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