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.
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Department of Speech, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male