Evaluation of macrolinguistic aspects of the oral discourse in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
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DOI: 10.1017/s1041610218001758
Abstract: ABSTRACT Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative syndrome that impairs cognitive functioning, including speech and language. Discourse can be used to analyze language processing, which is organized into microlinguistic and macrolinguistic dimensions. Objectives: To… read more here.
Keywords: discourse; oral discourse; alzheimer disease; macrolinguistic aspects ... See more keywords
Oral discourse skills: Dimensionality of comprehension and retell of narrative and expository texts, and the relations of language and cognitive skills to identified dimensions.
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13935
Abstract: We examined the dimensionality of oral discourse skills (comprehension and retell of texts) and the relations of language and cognitive skills to the identified dimensions. Data were from 529 English-speaking second graders (Mage = 7.42; 46%… read more here.
Keywords: discourse skills; language cognitive; cognitive skills; oral discourse ... See more keywords
Lower Education and Reading and Writing Habits Are Associated With Poorer Oral Discourse Production in Typical Adults and Older Adults
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.740337
Abstract: During normal aging there is a decline in cognitive functions that includes deficits in oral discourse production. A higher level of education and more frequent reading and writing habits (RWH) might delay the onset of… read more here.
Keywords: older adults; education; production; oral discourse ... See more keywords