This paper provides a critical review of the literature currently available relating to aphasic
discourse. It outlines the major approaches which have been taken to analysis …

An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain
pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical …

Visit with us at a local community center program. Nothing particularly dramatic is occurring-
just small groups of four or five people sitting around tables, chatting. Most participants are …

Pragmatic competence comprises a number of interrelated skills which manifest in real-time
in a range of adaptive behaviors and which are driven by underlying cognitive processes …

Based on authentic data from an ethnographic study of compensatory strategies in adults
with aphasia, an operational definition of compensatory strategies has been formulated. By …

We are interested in the validation of a cognitive theory of human communication, grounded
in a speech acts perspective. The theory we refer to is outlined, and a number of predictions …

This case study describes a Wernicke's aphasic who had spontaneously developed a
communication pattern involving a large portion of body communication to convey factual …

Discourse markers, expressions used to organize conversational interaction, are widely
used by speakers in social conversation. An ethnographic investigation of compensatory …

Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) affects a range of language domains that
impact on communication. Little is known about the nature of conversation breakdown in …

Purpose General agreement exists in the literature that clinicians struggle with quantifying
discourse-level performance in clinical settings. Core lexicon analysis has gained recent …