The uses of nouns and deixis in discourse production in Alzheimer's disease

Doença de alzheimer: cognição e discurso narrativo com apoio em figuras

“…However, we alert to the fact that this data should not be interpreted to generalize the discursive performance of people with AD in all tasks, because the tasks that do not rely on pictures show different results 34 , and the ones that use a single pictorial stimulus also present differences when compared to the use of complex visual stimuli [18][19][20] . The interpretative process varies according to the type of picture 19 .…”

“…People with dementia present a cognitive deterioration, subjects with AD, due to their greater effectiveness related to single pictures, which often elicits a more descriptive discourse with the occurrence of simple naming of the illustrated elements 18,19 . Only few studies investigate the discursive performance of participants with AD in narrative tasks with sequenced pictures 20 . A study examined the the language of participants with AD 20 based on four tasks with pictures of different types: one single picture, one sequence of ten related pictures and one map for a route description.…”

“…Only few studies investigate the discursive performance of participants with AD in narrative tasks with sequenced pictures 20 . A study examined the the language of participants with AD 20 based on four tasks with pictures of different types: one single picture, one sequence of ten related pictures and one map for a route description. The use of deictics (place and person) and nouns in the speech of AD participants was investigated, and it was verified that the type of deictic used and the use of nouns varied according to the task requirements.…”

“…Furthermore, it aimed to investigate possible correlations between the failures of related to language performance in AD is education, since individuals with more years of study present better performance in this ability 5 . Frequently, discourse is described as repetitive, with a high number of undefined terms, meaningless sentences, abrupt thematic changes, lack of coherence and informativeness, as well as an absence of important elements to the interlocutor understanding 6,7 . Thus, it can be stated that the disruption in discourse production is one of the most devastating impairments related to the cognitive damages that AD entails.…”

Análise de aspectos micro e macrolinguísticos da narrativa de indivíduos com doença de Alzheimer, comprometimento cognitivo leve e sem comprometimentos cognitivos

“…A utilização de figuras para eliciar o discurso tem sido considerada uma maneira eficiente de se obter amostras de discurso padronizadas entre diversos indivíduos (Giles et al, 1996;March et al, 2006;Cannizzaro, Coelho, 2013). O uso de figuras é uma ferramenta bastante válida para eliciar amostras de fala encadeada, que se aproximam da conversação natural (Duong et al, 2003).…”