Speech Abnormalities of Schizophrenic Character in Lost Transmission Movie: types and conditions

Abstract

Research has demonstrated that speech abnormalities are one of the symptoms shown by patients with mental health disorders known as schizophrenia. This study examines the speech abnormalities in terms of types and conditions in adult male schizophrenic, as reflected by the main character in Lost Transmission movie. However, in this study, the data analysis of speech abnormalities was used based on the instrument of the Thought and Language Index to examine the types of language abnormalities, and this study employed the Thought, Language, and Communication scale in scrutinizing the conditions of speech abnormality occurrence. The researcher used a qualitative textual analysis from a movie transcript to address those issues. The study revealed that the types of speech abnormalities reflected by the main character of Lost Transmission movie were seven out of eight types. Additionally, this study discovered that speech abnormalities often occur for some possibilities, including delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, and emotional instability.