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 …

Pragmatic impairment1 is a term used in connection with individuals who experience
difficulties with language use. Rather than referring to a straightforward, unitary disorder, this …

This is the first single-authored book to attempt to bridge the gap between aphasia research
and the rehabilitation of patients with this language disorder. Studies of the deficits …

The Assessment of Pragmatic Abilities and Cognitive Substrates (APACS) test is a new tool
to evaluate pragmatic abilities in clinical populations with acquired communicative deficits …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can seriously disrupt the social and communication skills that
are basic requirements for everyday life. It is the loss of these interpersonal skills that can be …

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

A number of constructs developed to account for bilingual aphasia phenomena have been
advantageously extended to increase our understanding of language representation …

The aim of this research was to provide an articulated assessment of several different ToM
components, namely first-vs. third-person, egocentric vs. allocentric, and first-vs. second …

This paper explores the impact of linguistic impairments on conversational ability in aphasia
using conversation analysis (CA). Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative …

Abstract The Assessment Battery for Communication (ABaCo) was introduced to evaluate
pragmatic abilities in patients with cerebral lesions. The battery is organized into five …