Description
Book SynopsisAnalysis of discourse production among speakers with acquired communication disorders is an important and necessary clinical procedure. This book provides a comprehensive review and discussion of aphasia and its related disorders, their corresponding clinical discourse symptoms that speech-and-language pathologists should address, and the different methods of discourse elicitation that are clinically and research oriented.
This edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to include the latest research, including advances in word retrieval and discourse production, cognitive and multicultural aspects of disordered discourse production, application of technology to understand and evaluate spoken discourse, and evidence-based intervention of discourse impairments. Contemporary issues related to disordered/clinical discourse elicitation are added. Recent advancement in discourse analysis is covered and discussions of various treatment options of discourse symptoms are provided.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Acquired Language Deficits Associated with Aphasia and Related Disorders
Chapter 2 – Elicitation Procedures of Discourse Samples
Chapter 3 – Clinical Assessment of Disordered Discourse
Chapter 4 – Research-Oriented Frameworks for Narrative Analysis
Chapter 5 – Multi-Linear Transcription and Analysis of Oral Discourse
Chapter 6 – Multi-Modal and Multi-Level Analysis of Oral Discourse
Chapter 7 – Considerations for Treatment Options That Can Facilitate and Enhance Discourse Production
Chapter 8 – Considerations for Multilingual and Culturally-Diverse Populations
Chapter 9 – Further Directions of Clinical Discourse Analysis
