Discourse analysis and applications studies in adult clinical populations

This volume is unique because it presents both theoretical and clinical papers that examine a variety of communication pathologies. Clinicians often report dissatisfaction with formal test batteries in that results are often at variance with clinical observation of performance in real life situation...

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Otros Autores: Bloom, Ronald L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates 1994.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009784595306719
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  • Cover; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS: Studies in Adult Clinical Populations; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Approaches to the Study of Discourse in the Social Sciences; Chapter 2 Intersubject Variability in Adult Normal Discourse; Chapter 3 Discourse Macrostructure in Aphasia; Chapter 4 A Method for Microanalysis of Discourse in Brain-Damaged Patients; Chapter 5 Hemispheric Responsibility and Discourse Production: Contrasting Patients With Unilateral Left and Right Hemisphere Damage
  • Chapter 6 Cognitive Framework: A Description of Discourse Abilities in Traumatically Brain-Injured AdultsChapter 7 The Expression of Pragmatic Intentions in Adults With Mental Retardation During Instructional Discourse; Chapter 8 Oral Story Production in Adults With Learning Disabilities; Chapter 9 Studies of Discourse Production in Adults With Alzheimer's Disease; Chapter 10 Conversational Topic-Shifting Analysis in Dementia; Chapter 11 Requests for Clarification as Evidence of Pragmatic Comprehension Difficulty: The Case of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Chapter 12 Cohesive Devices and Conversational Discourse in Alzheimer's DiseaseChapter 13 Communication Patterns in End-Stage Alzheimer's Disease: Pragmatic Analyses; Author Index; Subject Index