Topic repetitiveness after traumatic brain injury: an emergent, jointly managed behaviour.
Topic repetitiveness is a common component of pragmatic impairment and a powerful contributor to social exclusion. Despite this, description, characterization and intervention remain underdeveloped. This article explores the nature of repetitiveness in traumatic brain injury (TBI). A case study of one individual after TBI provides the basis for a conceptualization of topic repetitiveness in terms of two major strands of thinking in pragmatics. Firstly, it is viewed as an emergent response to underlying deficits in non-linguistic abilities. Secondly, it is described in terms of joint management of topic development between the person with TBI and his interlocutor.
Body
Richard
R
Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TA, UK. r.body@sheffield.ac.uk
Parker
Mark
M
D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D014705:Verbal Behavior