Background: In the 1970s Audrey Holland first emphasised the importance of “functional
communication” rather than “linguistic accuracy” for individuals with aphasia, noting that they …

Treatment for people with aphasia mainly concentrates on facilitating the communication of
needs or providing facts. This focus is in danger of downplaying the significance of the …

Purpose: The present study aims at elucidating the impact of stroke on psychosocial
functioning of stroke survivors. Methods: Data were investigated using interpretative …

In this paper, the process of designing an annotated Greek Corpus of Aphasic Discourse
(GREECAD) is presented. Given that resources of this kind are quite limited, a major aim of …

Background: This study examined responses of persons with aphasia (PWAs) to a general
question about their speech. Aims: The goal was to describe their evaluative responses as …

Abstract Language-mixing (LM) as defined by Chengappa (2009, p. 417) is an “intra-
sentential phenomenon referred to as the mixing of various linguistic units (morphemes …

Recent research has shown that distinct event-related potential (ERP) signatures are
associated with switching between languages compared to switching between dialects or …

This is the final paper in a series of three that examine selected literature reflecting key
concepts and significant trends that influence stroke research and management. The series …

VU Research Portal Page 1 VU Research Portal Why this now? A genre analytic approach to
aphasic / non-aphasic interactive events Versluis, CN 2017 document version Publisher's …

Uno de los temas más tratados por la bibliografía sobre cerebro y déficit lingüístico es el
referido a cómo los hablantes que sufren de daño cerebral (tanto aquellos con afasia como …