Aims: The aim of this article is to identify which existing instrument of functional
communication from the aphasia literature best fits with a theoretically founded definition of …

Abstract The Amsterdam—Nijmegen Everyday Language Test (ANELT) is designed to
measure, first, the level of verbal communicative abilities of aphasic patients and, second …

Spreen and Risser present a comprehensive, critical review of available methods for the
assessment of aphasia and related disorders in adults and children. The authors explore …

In linguistic terms" pragmatics" covers the whole area of language use and communication
in action. It includes the way in which language, gestures and other signals used in …

ABSTRACTS A variety of methods has recently been used to assess everyday
communication abilities in aphasic adults. This study compares three such methods for their …

The Correct Information Unit (CIU) analysis for measuring the communicative
informativeness and efficiency of connected speech (Nicholas & Brookshire, 1993) was …

Background: There are two distinct theoretical positions underlying approaches to aphasia
therapy. The first addresses the language impairment directly through tasks designed to …

A range of pragmatic assessment instruments available for use with adults with aphasia is
reviewed in relation to a specified perspective of pragmatic meanings (Bates 1976). The …

One of the main interests of scientific research in the pathology of language is to analyse
language problems in terms of possible linguistic disturbances. Diagnostic investigation of …

The aim of this study was to evaluate linguistic skills of aphasic speakers in a clinical
discourse. Fifteen aphasic speakers were selected from a cohort of 486 stroke patients, and …