tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421491328136165917.post6631527338715764274..comments2023-05-29T13:18:44.298+01:00Comments on Litrefs Articles: Linguistic psychopathology of poets and strangersTim Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4421491328136165917.post-28158832801825050812016-10-23T10:10:16.350+01:002016-10-23T10:10:16.350+01:00I found this most interesting.
The effect of dem...I found this most interesting. <br /><br />The effect of dementia (usually Alzheimers) on language (what the speaker does when words get lost) seems to me interesting in a similar way. <br /><br />But with dementia I do think what happens is creative: the speaker is making meaning out of such language as is available, so odd things happen but they are 'made' things. <br /><br />It's curious how interesting disruption can be -- so long as there's not too much of it. Perhaps there's an optimum balance between disruption and recognised pattern which is (or isn't) agreeable to read. I've just read Paul Kingsnorth's The Wake, which has also made me think hard about this ...Nellissimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13934380788177203319noreply@blogger.com