Applying conversation analysis to aphasia: clinical implications and analytic issues.
This paper explores the impact of linguistic impairments on conversational ability in aphasia using conversation analysis (CA). Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques, an analysis of the distribution of turns at talk in three aphasic participants' conversations with a relative and with the researcher is described. Using extracts from the conversations for illustration, three major factors are proposed which influence the sharing of conversational turns: (1) shared knowledge of interlocutors, (2) the manifestations of linguistic impairments in conversation, and (3) individual discourse styles. Finally, the implications of the findings for remediation are considered.
Department of Speech, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male