Joint planning in conversations with a person with aphasia

People with aphasia and their family members proposing joint future activities in everyday conversations: A conversation analytic study

“…Importantly, the FCP's actions supported the PWA's participation within a planning activity, a finding that coincides with Killmer et al. (2022).…”

“…These turns created a conversational context where the PWA could construct a second proposal within an ongoing planning activity, that is, in a sequential position where a future time reference is not essential, hence demanding less linguistic resources. Importantly, the FCP's actions supported the PWA's participation within a planning activity, a finding that coincides with Killmer et al (2022).…”

“…Barnes (2012) explored how an English-speaking person with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and his FCP constructed planning talk in a task-based activity (planning a trip the person with TBI intended to take), and found the talk to be asymmetrical as it was led by the FCP. Killmer et al (2022) examined the planning talk of a German-speaking person with severe Wernicke's aphasia and his FCP in spontaneous conversation. They discovered that, in general, the sequential structure of the planning talk was similar to typical conversation, but with intervening cooperative word searches.…”

“…Killmer et al. (2022) examined the planning talk of a German‐speaking person with severe Wernicke's aphasia and his FCP in spontaneous conversation. They discovered that, in general, the sequential structure of the planning talk was similar to typical conversation, but with intervening cooperative word searches.…”

“…Additionally, active collaboration by a familiar conversation partner (FCP) is essential in the construction of meaning (e.g., Goodwin, 1995Goodwin, , 2003Tuomenoksa et al, 2022). While research has addressed storytelling in aphasia to some degree (e.g., Dipper & Cruice, 2018;Killmer et al, 2021), little is known about how PWAs engage in planning future activities (however, see Killmer et al, 2022), although it has been recognized as an important communicative activity to be targeted in speech and language therapy (SLT). For example, the group therapy method intensive language-action therapy (ILAT) (Difrancesco et al, 2012) includes a planning game that encourages participants to propose joint activities to co-players, with the rationale of mobilizing verbs.…”