title: The effects of topic and listener familiarity on discourse variables in procedural and narrative discourse tasks.
abstract: This study investigated the effects of listener and topic familiarity on procedural and narrative discourse variables. Twenty-two aphasic patients (5 Broca's, 7 conduction, and 10 anomic aphasics) and 10 normal speakers served as subjects. Topic familiarity influenced discourse production in both procedural discourse and story retell situations. In procedural discourse, a greater number of optional steps were provided with familiar topics. During retelling of familiar topic stories, a greater proportion of action and resolution clauses were included. Listener familiarity affected the story retell task only. A greater percentage of subjects provided the setting when the listener was familiar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Communication EC 199, California State University, Fullerton 92634, USA.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Della Volpe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014705:Verbal Behavior