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Using discourse measures to describe aphasia. Alison Ferguson. Fluent ‘Empty speech’ Press of speech Phonemic paraphasias Neologisms Jargon Paragrammatism. Non-Fluent Content > function words Effortful ‘telegraphic’ Agrammatism. Describing aphasic output.
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Using discourse measures to describe aphasia Alison Ferguson
Fluent ‘Empty speech’ Press of speech Phonemic paraphasias Neologisms Jargon Paragrammatism Non-Fluent Content > function words Effortful ‘telegraphic’ Agrammatism Describing aphasic output Information proportional to fluency
Why ‘measure’? • Prognosis • Recovery • Response to treatment Social Participation Impairment Activity
Assessment Methods Decontextualised CONTEXT Context manipulated
Assessment Methods Elicited SAMPLE Natural
Assessment Methods word, phrase, clause LEVEL OF LANGUAGE discourse
Assessment Methods quantitative DESCRIPTION qualitative
Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts – V.8 (Miller, 2004)
Fluent vs Non-fluentEfficiency ( Complete & Intelligible Utterances per min)