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Results

Two primary themes were expressed by the evaluative devices in stroke narratives of individuals with aphasia. The first theme focused on losses associated with the onset of stroke, eg, loss of language, independence, and mobility. The second theme centered on individuals’ reactions to the loss, namely fear and confusion. The two themes were often presaged by a theme of a sense of anomaly, eg,“I had a strange feeling that I was not all there.”