Context as a resource for the construction of turns at talk in aphasia

The use of sequential context & co-occurring gesture to construct meaningful communication in fluent aphasia is illustrated by applying conversation analysis to two excerpts of interactions between aphasic subjects (Ss) & (1) a speech language therapist at 1 week post-stroke, & (2) S...

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Published in:Clinical linguistics & phonetics 2001, Vol.15 (1-2), p.79-83
Main Authors: Beeke, Suzanne, Wilkinson, Ray, Maxim, Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adaptation
Aphasia
context
conversation analysis
gesture
Linguistics
Pathology of language
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Summary:The use of sequential context & co-occurring gesture to construct meaningful communication in fluent aphasia is illustrated by applying conversation analysis to two excerpts of interactions between aphasic subjects (Ss) & (1) a speech language therapist at 1 week post-stroke, & (2) S's partner in a home setting at 12 weeks post-stroke. In (1), S mimes using a wheel chair while saying she can't do nothing in the discourse context of discussing friends in the hospital. In (2), S mimes peeling a potato at several points in a conversation on the merits of different kitchen knives, thereby compensating for his failure to retrieve the word peel. In both examples, Ss have used pragmatic knowledge to exploit contextual possibilities in an interactional adaptation consisting of the manipulation of sequential & gestural context. 8 References. J. Hitchcock
ISSN:0269-9206
1464-5076
DOI:10.3109/02699200109167635