COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA IN NEUROLINGUISTICS

Abstract

Language is an organized communication tool in the form of units, such as words, groups of words, clauses, and sentences that are expressed either orally or in writing. There are many definitions of language, and this definition is only one of them. You can compare this definition with the following definition: language is a human communication system which is expressed through a structured arrangement of sounds or written expressions to form larger units, such as morphemes, words, and sentences, which is translated from English: "the system of human communication by means of a structured arrangement of sounds (or written representation) to form lager units, eg. morphemes, words, sentences” (Richards, Platt & Weber, 1985: 153), with each other using animal language. What is being discussed here is not animal language, but human language, and all the words “language” in this book refer to “human language.” In this world there are thousands of languages, and each language has its own system called grammar. There are grammar for Indonesian, grammar for English, grammar for Japanese, and so on. Although communication activities can be carried out with tools other than language, in principle, humans communicate using language. In this context, the language used is human language, not animal language. In certain cases, animals can communicate