Linguistic analysis of discourse in aphasia: A review of the literature

• Published in: Clinical linguistics & phonetics Vol. 30; no. 7; p. 489
• Main Authors: Bryant, Lucy, Ferguson, Alison, Spencer, Elizabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 02.07.2016
• Subjects: Aphasia; Humans; Linguistics; Narration; Research Design; research methods; Aphasia; language; discourse analysis; linguistic analysis; discourse

This review examined previous research applications of linguistic discourse analysis to assess the language of adults with aphasia. A comprehensive literature search of seven databases identified 165 studies that applied linguistic measures to samples of discourse collected from people with aphasia....