Deixis and dementia: Insights from phenomenological philosophy

IF 1.7 2区 文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Language Sciences Pub Date : 2024-07-29 DOI:10.1016/j.langsci.2024.101663
Erik Norman Dzwiza-Ohlsen
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This article provides an overview of the relevance of deixis in dementia from the perspective of phenomenological philosophy with an inter- and transdisciplinary scope. A key objective is to integrate existing approaches and develop hypotheses for future research. The paper seeks to explore the potential of deixis to enhance interaction and communication in the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease. The paper prepares the ground for three sub-goals: (1) Developing a general taxonomy of deixis, differentiating between verbal deixis (e.g., pronouns), corporeal deixis (e.g., pointing gestures), and medial deixis (e.g., arrows). (2) Investigating the diagnostic, therapeutic and care applications of deixis in Alzheimer's disease in the face of the progressive loss of higher cognitive skills. (3) Pinpointing the desiderata emerging from the relation between deixis and dementia at both conceptual and empirical levels. This paper argues for viewing deixis not solely as a deficit-indicator but also as a resource-indicator. Deixis in dementia can serve on two interconnected yet distinct levels: one for diagnosis, and another for therapy and care. On the one hand, verbal indexicals have a deficit-indicating function for the loss of higher cognitive skills, such as language, orientation and memory. This function is relevant for linguistically shaped dementia diagnosis and a holistic interpretation of key symptoms. On the other hand, all three kinds of deixis, the verbal, the corporeal, and the medial, do have a resource-indicating function. The threefold deixis helps us to advance orientation, communication and interaction in both private and institutional living environments. For example, the corporeal deixis is an important communicative resource, which helps to navigate and maintain attention, intention, and emotion. Finally, the paper proposes an index-ability scale to identify personalized communication resources for individuals with dementia.

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Deixis 与痴呆症:现象学哲学的启示
本文从跨学科的现象学哲学角度概述了痴呆症中的 "去意识"(deixis)问题。其主要目的是整合现有方法,并为未来研究提出假设。本文试图探讨在最常见的痴呆症--阿尔茨海默氏症中,"失语 "在加强互动和交流方面的潜力。本文为三个子目标奠定了基础:(1) 制定一般的词缀分类法,区分言语词缀(如代词)、身体词缀(如指向手势)和中间词缀(如箭头)。(2) 在高级认知能力逐渐丧失的情况下,研究在阿尔茨海默氏症的诊断、治疗和护理中如何应用 deixis。(3) 从概念和实证两个层面,准确定位 deixis 与痴呆症之间的关系所产生的需要。本文认为,不仅应将 deixis 视为一种缺陷指标,还应视为一种资源指标。痴呆症的语助词可以在两个相互关联但又截然不同的层面上发挥作用:一个是诊断,另一个是治疗和护理。一方面,语言索引对高级认知技能(如语言、定向和记忆)的丧失具有缺陷指示功能。这一功能与语言痴呆诊断和关键症状的整体解释相关。另一方面,所有三种词性,即言语词性、肉体词性和中间词性,都具有资源指示功能。无论是在私人生活环境还是在机构生活环境中,三重词缀都能帮助我们促进定位、交流和互动。例如,肉身词缀是一种重要的交际资源,有助于引导和维持注意力、意图和情感。最后,本文提出了一种指数能力量表,用于识别痴呆症患者的个性化交流资源。
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期刊介绍: Language Sciences is a forum for debate, conducted so as to be of interest to the widest possible audience, on conceptual and theoretical issues in the various branches of general linguistics. The journal is also concerned with bringing to linguists attention current thinking about language within disciplines other than linguistics itself; relevant contributions from anthropologists, philosophers, psychologists and sociologists, among others, will be warmly received. In addition, the Editor is particularly keen to encourage the submission of essays on topics in the history and philosophy of language studies, and review articles discussing the import of significant recent works on language and linguistics.
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