Grammatical impairment in schizophrenia: An exploratory study of the pronominal and sentential domains

dc.contributor.authorChaves, Monica de Freitas Frias
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Cilene
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes
dc.contributor.authorMota, Natália Bezerra
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Mauro Copelli Lopes da
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-09T16:52:53Z
dc.date.available2023-10-09T16:52:53Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.description.resumoSchizophrenia (SZ) is a severe mental disorder associated with a variety of linguistic deficits, and recently it has been suggested that these deficits are caused by an underlying impairment in the ability to build complex syntactic structures and complex semantic relations. Aiming at contributing to determining the specific linguistic profile of SZ, we investigated the usage of pronominal subjects and sentence types in two corpora of oral dream and waking reports produced by speakers with SZ and participants without SZ (NSZ), both native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. Narratives of 40 adult participants (20 SZ, and 20 NSZ–sample 1), and narratives of 31 teenage participants (11 SZ undergoing first psychotic episode, and 20 NSZ–sample 2) were annotated and statistically analyzed. Overall, narratives of speakers with SZ presented significantly higher rates of matrix sentences, null pronouns—particularly null 3Person referential pronouns—and lower rates of non-anomalous truncated sentences. The high rate of matrix sentences correlated significantly with the total PANSS scores, suggesting an association between the overuse of simple sentences and SZ symptoms in general. In contrast, the high rate of null pronouns correlated significantly with positive PANSS scores, suggesting an association between the overuse of null pronominal forms and the positive symptoms of SZ. Finally, a cross-group analysis between samples 1 and 2 indicated a higher degree of grammatical impairment in speakers with multiple psychotic episodes. Altogether, the results strengthen the notion that deficits at the pronominal and sentential levels constitute a cross-cultural linguistic marker of SZpt_BR
dc.identifier.citationCHAVES, Monica F.; RODRIGUES, Cilene; RIBEIRO, Sidarta; MOTA, Natália B.; COPELLI, Mauro. Grammatical impairment in schizophrenia: an exploratory study of the pronominal and sentential domains. Plos One, [S. l.], v. 18, n. 9, p. e0291446, set. 2023. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291446. Disponível em: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291446. Acesso em: 09 out. 2023pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0291446
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/54936
dc.languageenpt_BR
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)pt_BR
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 Brazil*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/*
dc.subjectSchizophrenia - Grammatical impairmentpt_BR
dc.subjectSchizophrenia - Linguistic deficitspt_BR
dc.subjectSchizophrenia - Linguistic profilept_BR
dc.titleGrammatical impairment in schizophrenia: An exploratory study of the pronominal and sentential domainspt_BR
dc.typearticlept_BR

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