Contribuições da pesquisa linguística sobre interrogativas para melhorias no cotidiano do afásico em seu ambiente familiar um roteiro

Abstract

Linguistic aphasiology has contributed to the verification of the Generative Theory assumptions and to the classification and description of linguistic features that characterize different types of aphasia. In this context, the problems with the production of complex structures, such as interrogatives, have been the research topic of many studies in several languages. Nevertheless, the benefits that such researches can offer to improve the daily lives of research patients are rarely addressed. In order to fill in this gap, the general aim here is to provide a research guide with language intervention suggestions for the speech therapy of an aphasic individual, by providing, through it, the improvement of his everyday household life. The working hypothesis is that by applying a linguistic research guide decentralized and non-vertical about the treatment of aphasia, it is possible to provide the improvement needed in the everyday household life of the patient with this deficit. To develop this research guide, the wh-questions are chosen as the language topic of this research. Despite this choice, the guide is developed with the possibility of being adapted to any other linguistic topic, which had been identified as problematic and susceptible to specific treatment. As a subsidiary goal, it is intended to develop a research model that seeks to contribute to the implementation of the principle of the indivisibility of teaching, research and extension one of the legal guiding principles of Brazilian universities. The methodology consists in using a case study with assessment tests, sentence training and interviews. The patient selected for the study is an aphasic with agrammatism. There is also the collaboration of members of his family and the staff of Centro de Recuperação do Paciente Afásico (CRPA a speech therapy center) in Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA). The results collected in tests and interviews point to an improvement in linguistic processing skills of wh-questions, regarding to the organization of phrases in the sentences and also to the selection of appropriate lexical items (wh-words). In addition, the results point to the progress in the patient s daily life concerning the reduction of anxiety about his errors, the use of more options in communication and the increase of his independent communication skills. It is noted, due to the results, the feasibility of applying the proposed guide for future implementation by professionals involved in the treatment and the study of aphasia