Oboh Stephen  Omoigberale,Oluyemi O. Akanni,Deborah  Omolara Akanni,
A Short Report on the English Language Analysis of the Speech of a Nigerian Patient with Schizophrenia During a Medical Interview
Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports
2020
2733-2268
http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JCMCR.2020.02.03
https://www.sciencerepository.org/a-short-report-on-the-english-language-analysis-of-the-speech_JCMCR-2020-2-103 
Abstract: Language abnormalities are commonly associated with and diagnostic of a brain disorder like schizophrenia.
Attempts have been made in the past to characterize the speech abnormalities in schizophrenia, but no
known available research has been conducted in Nigeria where the English language is recognized as the
official language. This study was designed to examine the discourse during a medical interview of a Nigerian
patient with schizophrenia. A clinical interview between a schizophrenic patient and a doctor was carried
out at the Mental Health Department of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
The conversation was tape-recorded, thereafter transcribed and analysed. The findings revealed syntax
errors in turn-taking, mistakes in pronunciation, grammatical and phonological errors. The data confirms
literature elsewhere and suggests a role for language analysis in the evaluation of persons with
schizophrenia.Keywords: Language, schizophrenia, speech