This review examined previous research applications of linguistic discourse analysis to
assess the language of adults with aphasia. A comprehensive literature search of seven …

Background: Discourse abilities play an important role in the assessment, classification, and
therapy outcome evaluation of people with aphasia. Discourse production in aphasia has …

Background: Several studies have shown that traditional standardised aphasia tests may not
be sensitive enough to adequately assess linguistic deficits and recovery patterns in …

The effect of semantic feature analysis (SFA) treatment on confrontation naming and
discourse production was examined in 2 persons, 1 with anomic aphasia and 1 with …

In this study, we investigated the combined effect of transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS) and an intensive Conversational therapy treatment on discourse skills in 12 persons …

Background: Differences in lexical diversity (LD) across different discourse elicitation tasks
have been found in neurologically intact adults (NIA)(Fergadiotis, Wright, & Capilouto,) but …

Background: Aphasia has very serious consequences for speech production and, hence, for
communication in daily life. Nevertheless, in the standard diagnostic procedures and in …

Background Discourse is fundamental to everyday communication, and is an increasing
focus of clinical assessment, intervention and research. Aphasia can affect the information a …

Background: Classical aphasiology, based on the study of stroke sequelae, fuses speech
fluency and grammatical ability. Nonfluent (Broca's) aphasia often is accompanied by …

Background: Linguistic discourse analysis is an assessment method widely applied within
aphasia research literature to examine impairments as they affect the language of daily …