<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper discusses the lexical skills of adults with Alzheimer's dementia, assessed on the material of dialogue utterances. The paper presents a proposal for a way of describing lexical disorders in dementia and illustrates the problems commonly occurring in this group of patients. The linguistic analysis covered 1000 pages of transcripts of conversations with patients with moderate and severe intensity of dementia. In the discussion of the results, the most common symptoms of lexical disorders were presented that characterize functional behaviors in dementia: quasi-nomination with the use of the pronoun, transfer of a name, and delexicalization (dephraseologization). At the same time, the behaviors and reactions of patients were shown that appear in the situation of experiencing communication failures due to a decreased lexical skills.</p></abstract>

The paper discusses the lexical skills of adults with Alzheimer's dementia, assessed on the material of dialogue utterances. The paper presents a proposal for a way of describing lexical disorders in dementia and illustrates the problems commonly occurring in this group of patients. The linguistic analysis covered 1000 pages of transcripts of conversations with patients with moderate and severe intensity of dementia. In the discussion of the results, the most common symptoms of lexical disorders were presented that characterize functional behaviors in dementia: quasi-nomination with the use of the pronoun, transfer of a name, and delexicalization (dephraseologization). At the same time, the behaviors and reactions of patients were shown that appear in the situation of experiencing communication failures due to a decreased lexical skills.

Lexical Skills in Alzheimer's Dementia (Based on the Material of Dialogue Utterances)

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin

Psychology of Language and Communication

The paper discusses the lexical skills of adults with Alzheimer's dementia, assessed on the material of dialogue utterances. The paper presents a proposal for...

Lexical Skills in Alzheimer's Dementia (Based on the Material of Dialogue Utterances)

Published Online: Jan 13, 2009

Page range: 89 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10057-008-0010-1

Keywords
lexical skills, lexical disorders, Alzheimer's dementia, dialogue utterances

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Lexical Skills in Alzheimer's Dementia (Based on the Material of Dialogue Utterances)

Published Online: Jan 13, 2009

Page range: 89 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10057-008-0010-1

Keywordslexical skills, lexical disorders, Alzheimer's dementia, dialogue utterances

This content is open access.

Keywords
lexical skills, lexical disorders, Alzheimer's dementia, dialogue utterances