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Masoud Dehghan
, Nima Moshtaghi, Shadi Mohammadpour
This study investigates discourse features in senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type (It's a non-amnestic Alzheimer's type) and normal elderly individuals within a Kurdish-speaking society, using a neurolinguistic perspective which was conducted in a Kermanshah nursing home in 2019, it includes 20 subjects (10 each from senile dementia and normal elderly groups) aged 63-75, matched for gender, illiteracy, and Kurdish proficiency. The severity of dementia, determined via the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, guided subject selection (0.5 ≤ score < 2). Participants responded to inquiries during recorded 10-minute interviews, transcribed and coded using the Dijkstra and others's model (2004). Statistical analysis employed the independent t-test, revealing significant distinctions in frequency of discourse-building features, whereas senile dementia patients displayed more discourse-impairing features. Gender showed variances in some aspects, but was not pronounced in most cases. These findings, including manifestations at distinct discourse and utterance levels, contribute to understanding linguistic patterns in dementia, guiding tailored interventions for effective communication strategies.
