Life stories of people with Alzheimer’s disease - Language and the presence of the subject

Authors

  • Ivone Panhoca

Keywords:

Alzheimer´s disease, language, narrative

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by impairment of cognition (specially memory), confusion, spatiotemporal disorganization, disorganized and socially inappropriate behavior. We analyzed the oral narrative discourse - life story - of an elderly person with Alzheimer’s disease in the intermediate phase. The oral production was video recorded and transcribed. It is a qualitative study in which the results showed that the subject’s narrative is characterized by specificities and the need for intervention on the part of the partner. The discursive-linguistic and socio-interactional aspects expressed were interpreted as evidence of how and when to intervene; they were interpreted as indicative processes of “the presence of the subject” and, therefore, open to therapeutic intervention.

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Published

2016-04-04

How to Cite

Panhoca, I. (2016). Life stories of people with Alzheimer’s disease - Language and the presence of the subject. Estudos Linguísticos (São Paulo. 1978), 42(2), 878–888. Retrieved from https://revistas.gel.org.br/estudos-linguisticos/article/view/973

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Neurolinguística