Conclusion

Repairing the Broken Connections
  • Robert W. Rieber
  • Harold J. Vetter
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Abstract

It seems appropriate to open this final chapter by restating as questions the two major objectives of most previous investigations of language behavior and communication in psychopathology. First, have we succeeded in obtaining precise descriptions of the way, or ways, in which the language behavior of individuals diagnosed as belonging to specific nosological categories differs from that of individuals in other diagnostic categories or from that of normals? Second, have studies of language behavior and communication advanced our understanding, to any appreciable degree, of the psychopathological processes involved in various psychiatric disorders? Once we have answered these questions as best we can, we will proceed to consider further issues that future research and theory may seek to confront.

Keywords

Semantic Priming Cohesion Analysis Language Planning Thought Disorder Semantic Priming Effect 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Robert W. Rieber
    • 1
  • Harold J. Vetter
    • 2
  1. 1.John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Graduate CenterCity University of New YorkNew YorkUSA
  2. 2.University of South FloridaTampaUSA

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