Poverty of speech The phenomenon of schizophrenic speech experienced by Mary in
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Similar to the example in the datum no. 01SCBS5, the second example also shows the phenomenon of meaningless hand motion. It is proven in the
following datum.
Mary : “LiarsYou’re all liars by pointing to the wall John : “MaryMaryStop this.......Mary Stop itStop it”
Datum no. 14LVS11 The dialogue takes place when Mary has a conversation with John. She
cannot control herself since she gets hallucination. John, her husband persuades her to calm down but in fact, she still rampages through her house. Hence, she
throws everything and even, she acts violently. In this scene, she does meaningless hand motion when she points her fingers to the wall. This pointing
seems meaningless since there is no clear purpose why Mary does it. Therefore, the gesture shows the diminished mind-body connection which is experienced by
Mary. The last example of meaningless hand motion can be seen in the datum
below.
John : Another hour? Tell me though, wait, wait, excuse me, Im sorry,
an hour were waiting. Its Thanksgiving. I made the reservation a week ago. No, no, Ill
tell you what...
Seller : Im sorry. Everyone has a reservation here. Mary : I’m starving she clenches her fist
Datum no. 23CSS24 In this scene, Mary wants to celebrate the Thanksgiving Day. Finally,
Mary, John, and Chris decide to go to the cake shop, in order to buy some pumpkin pies. In fact, in the cake shop, there are many people who are queuing
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for ordering some cakes or pumpkin pies. When John asks to the seller whether there is pumpkin pie or not, Mary and Chris still wait for him by sitting in the
chairs. However, she is angry since she cannot get the pumpkin pie. She feels bored when John forces the seller to give pumpkin pie. Then, she clenches her fist
as if she feels impatient. The gesture does not accomplish anything but it is only reflected from her emotion.