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Language and Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is one of the most enigmatic mental disorders, and language is one of its most essential and distinctive traits. Language and Schizophrenia provides a complete overview of schizophrenic language, utilising both psychological and philosophical perspectives to explore the unique way language impacts on this mental disorder.
Language and Schizophrenia investigates specific features of schizophrenic language using cognitive psychology alongside the opposing field of phenomenological psychiatry, concluding that neither of these approaches fully succeeds in explaining the linguistic features unique to Schizophrenia. Cardella's innovative approach of combining psychological perspectives with philosophy offers a direct alternative to traditional cognitive perspectives, emphasising the fundamental role that language plays in the disorder.
This book provides a thorough analysis of the deep link between language and schizophrenia and will be of great value to researchers and postgraduates studying schizophrenia, phenomenology, neuropsychology and philosophy of language.
Language and Schizophrenia investigates specific features of schizophrenic language using cognitive psychology alongside the opposing field of phenomenological psychiatry, concluding that neither of these approaches fully succeeds in explaining the linguistic features unique to Schizophrenia. Cardella's innovative approach of combining psychological perspectives with philosophy offers a direct alternative to traditional cognitive perspectives, emphasising the fundamental role that language plays in the disorder.
This book provides a thorough analysis of the deep link between language and schizophrenia and will be of great value to researchers and postgraduates studying schizophrenia, phenomenology, neuropsychology and philosophy of language.
- GenresLinguistics
118 pages, Paperback
Published December 14, 2017
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January 25, 2018
A solid, if amateurishly-written, overview of the role language plays in schizophrenia. A detailed survey of research and current theories about treatment.
The theory that the author then posits in the conclusion, however, is confusing and meaningless and almost... whimsically philosophical. It was a startling contrast to how clear and simple the rest of the book was. This suggests that Cardella's theory is unformed.
I learned a lot about language and schizophrenia. The book is pretty short.
The theory that the author then posits in the conclusion, however, is confusing and meaningless and almost... whimsically philosophical. It was a startling contrast to how clear and simple the rest of the book was. This suggests that Cardella's theory is unformed.
I learned a lot about language and schizophrenia. The book is pretty short.
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