Following previously published work on aphasic texts and unpublished pilot studies on
textpragmatic impairments in right-brain damaged stroke patients (RBDs), we present an …

Background: The nature and causes of pragmatic impairments following right hemisphere
damage (RHD) continue to pose a challenge to researchers and clinicians. It is widely …

Background: In a previous report of topic use in semi-structured conversations (Brady,
Mackenzie, & Armstrong, 2003), we did not find the often-described gross topic deficit in …

The appropriateness of speech-language services for right-hemisphere-damaged (RHD)
adults has been established (Davis et al., 1981), and the deficits of their verbal discourse …

Formal and functional approaches to pragmatics are based upon different assumptions
about the nature of the language system. This paper examines these approaches to …

Language pathology has traditionally been concerned with deficits in left-hemisphere-based
linguistic competence, namely, in phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. It has …

Background: Right hemisphere brain damage (RHBD) has been linked to a diverse range of
discourse-level communicative deficits generally based on subjective impressions …

Previous research suggests that English Broca's and Wernicke's aphasics retain sensitivity
to pragmatic factors governing forms of reference, in particular the ability to choose lexical …

Although it is common for descriptions of communication ability in people with right
hemisphere brain damage (RHBD) to include discourse deficits that affect pragmatic …

The ability to interpret conversational utterances was assessed in a group of 12 male
patients with unilateral right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and 12 non-brain-damaged …