Discourse has been defined as any language that is “beyond the boundaries of isolated
sentences”(Ulatowska & Olness, 2004, p. 300) and “a set of utterances aimed at conveying a …

Purpose This study examined discourse characteristics of individuals with aphasia who
scored at or above the 93.8 cutoff on the Aphasia Quotient subtests of the Western Aphasia …

Purpose This study investigated which of the three analytic approaches of oral discourse,
including linguistically based measures, proposition-based measures, and story grammar …

Purpose: This article reviews four discourse measures and examines whether they are
sensitive to impairments in people with both mild and severe aphasia. We also ask whether …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine if people with aphasia demonstrate
differences in microlinguistic skills and communicative success in unstructured …

Purpose Our goal was to evaluate an updated version of the “Cookie Theft” picture by
obtaining norms based on picture descriptions by healthy controls for total content units …

Our intention was to use this clinical forum to start a dialogue regarding the multitude of
discourse outcome measures currently used in studies of aphasia. Based on the …

Dietz and Boyle ask if we have reached a tipping point in regard to systematizing discourse
measurement in aphasia research. We agree that research into aphasia and discourse has …

Purpose: People with aphasia express that improved conversational discourse is a primary
rehabilitation goal. Discourse is usually assessed using monologue, such as a picture …

In their timely and carefully structured manuscript, Dietz and Boyle (this issue) discuss the
need to develop a core outcome set for discourse (D-COS) research in aphasia. Their …