Background Discourse analysis is an important component of aphasia assessment because
it can provide an insight into functional communication abilities. However, there are many …

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 …

Background Discourse in adults with aphasia is increasingly the focus of assessment and
therapy research. A broad range of measures is available to describe discourse, but very …

Background Coherence is the quality that distinguishes discourse from a random collection
of sentences. People with aphasia have been reported to produce less-coherent discourse …

Purpose: This study aimed to explore how well persons with anomic aphasia communicate
information during discourse regarding quantity, quality, and efficiency compared to …

Background Discourse is fundamental to everyday communication, and is an increasing
focus of clinical assessment, intervention and research. Aphasia can affect the information a …

Background: Proposition analysis of the discourse of persons with aphasia (PWAs) has a
long history, yielding important advancements in our understanding of communication …

Purpose: The existing body of work regarding discourse coherence in aphasia has provided
mixed results, leaving the question of coherence being impaired or intact as a result of brain …

Aims To study the relationship between cognitive and linguistic skills (as measured through
standardized tasks) over spontaneous speech elicited during a picture description task …

Purpose Global coherence is an essential macrolinguistic discourse skill that speakers use
to formulate discourse to convey meaning with maintenance to a topic. When global …