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Finally, in order to be more focused, the limitations of this research are only limited to study the language abnormalities of schizophrenic speech and
accompanying behaviour displayed by one of the main characters in Canvas. This kind of limitations is made based on the mostly found examples relating to the
phenomenon of schizophrenia. Hence, these problems are formulated as follows. 1.
What are the language abnormalities experienced by a schizophrenic in Canvas movie?
2. What are the accompanying behaviours acted by a schizophrenic in Canvas
movie?
C. Objectives of the Research
In reference to the problems, the objectives of the study are: 1.
to describe the language abnormalities experienced by a schizophrenic in
Canvas movie, and
2. to show and explain the accompanying behaviours acted by a schizophrenic in
Canvas movie.
D. Significances of the Research
There are some points of significances of this research. It is divided into
two, theoretically and practically.
1. Theoretically, the research can enrich and serve as an additional reference to
other researchers in the psycholinguistics field.
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2. Practically, the research findings can give contributions to the following
parties. a.
to the academic society It can give more information about the study of mental disorder, especially
schizophrenia in relation with language. The study is useful to provide better understanding to the person with mental illness.
b. to students of the English Department
It can give additional knowledge in psychology related to schizophrenia. It also creates a new reference for their study, especially using psycholinguistics
approach. Hence, these students may be interested in doing this kind of research deeply.
c. to the readers
It gives more understanding in psycholinguistics field. The research findings can indirectly open their mind and thought to see and accept the existence of a
person who suffers from schizophrenia and the other kinds of mental disorders. d.
to the lectures It is expected that this study can be included in the subject of lecturing, so that
the students can learn much more about mental disorders. In other words, the discussion about schizophrenia and the other kinds of mental disorders need to
be explained during the lecture.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
This chapter is divided into three parts: theoretical review, previous study, and conceptual framework. The theoretical review describes the definition of
psycholinguistics, the relationship between language and mind, brain structure and its functions, mental lexicon, language processing, mental illness,
schizophrenia, and the movie as the object of this research. The previous study shows a brief description and explanation of several studies related to
schizophrenia done by other researchers. Then, the conceptual framework shows how the theories are applied and what the researchers did to analyze the problems
of this research.
A. Theoretical Review
1. Psycholinguistics
The term psycholinguistics actually involves the study of psychology and linguistics in the same time. Psychology itself is a scientific study dealing with
mind and behaviour Schachter et al., 2011:2. The mind includes perceptions, thought, memories, and feeling occurring in the brain. Meanwhile, the behaviour
refers to the things people do and it shows their actions which can be observed. Carrol 2008:3 also states that psychology is a study of language dealing with the
mental processes involved in language use. Thus, this discipline generally concerns on the relationship between mind, behaviour, and even mental processes
