Objective: Studies of the content of speech and of verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia
point to dysfunction at multiple levels of language. In this study, we empirically evaluated …

Similar changes in the spoken language of schizophrenic patients were demonstrated in two
separate studies. Schizophrenic patients used less depth of clausal embedding and fewer …

To investigate the possibility that a subgroup of schizophrenics suffer from an aphasic-like
disturbance of language functioning, ten operationally-defined schizophrenics with speech …

In this study, the authors examined the language of 43 participants with chronic
schizophrenia under the basic assumption that a paradigmatic shift is needed in the …

Language disturbance is one of the main diagnostic features in schizophrenia and
abnormalities of brain language areas have been consistently found in schizophrenic …

Twenty-seven schizophrenic patients free of any known neurologic deficit were tested with
an aphasia test battery. The objective of the research was to derive a profile of schizophrenic …

ABSTRACTS Twenty‐four medicated schizophrenic subjects participated in a study aimed at
assessing language dysfunction in schizophrenia. Two groups of subjects participated …

We found previously that a subgroup of schizophrenic patients who passed screening tests
of attentional competence showed memory deficits on word memory tasks, but were …

Language, the most quintessential human capacity, mediates most human interaction and
expressive behavior. It is ironic then that although most descriptions of psychopathological …

Abnormalities in language are central to psychosis, particularly the schizophrenic syndrome.
This chapter first discusses one clinical manifestation of abnormal language in …