Abstract
There is a large body of literature on thought disorders among the various symptoms of schizophrenia, however, there have been few reports on language disturbances. A review of the literature shows that four major methods were employed to study the language disturbances of schizophrenia: 1) studies which aimed to clarify thought disorders through an examination of language (Maher, Andreasen, Hoffman), 2) studies of the disorder of communication by speech (Cohen, Kantorowitz, Rochester), 3) detailed analysis of the discourse of schizophrenic patients which was performed by linguists (Chaika, Morice), and 4) a method which intended to compare the language of schizophrenia with that of aphasia (Gerson, Kamiyama, Ohira). Hopefully further studies in this field will illuminate cognitive disturbances in schizophrenia.
