Recently, a multilevel analytic approach called Main Concept, Sequencing, and Story
Grammar (MSSG) was presented along with preliminary normative information. MSSG …

Purpose Macrostructural narrative analyses are important clinical measures, revealing age-
related declines and disorder-related impairments in the accuracy, completeness, logical …

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

Discourse is a highly individualized and complex speech act essential for effective
communication in daily life. Individuals with language disorders demonstrate impaired …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of the language
characteristics of people with latent aphasia using measures that examined temporal (ie …

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 …

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

The language of adults with non-Alzheimer's dementias is still relatively unexplored. This is
problematic given that, in the absence of definitive biomarkers, linguistic features have an …

Purpose We sought to identify the core lexicon of a picture-description task using transcripts
from the AphasiaBank database and to determine differences in core-lexicon usage …

Background: Discourse is an increasing focus of assessment in clinical and research
settings because it reflects everyday communication. Everyday communication is likely to …