Semantic feature knowledge in persons with aphasia: The role of commonality, distinctiveness, and importance

Mason-Baughman, Mary Beth; Wallace, Sarah E.

doi:10.1080/02687038.2012.730602

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“…Virtually all individuals with aphasia have problems with comprehension, but there is considerable variation in the nature as well as in the severity of the comprehension deficits (e.g., Goodglass, Berko-Gleason, & Hyde, 1970). Most studies on aphasic language comprehension have focused on comprehension of isolated words (e.g., Jonkers & Bastiaanse, 2007;Mason-Baughman & Wallace, 2013) and sentences (e.g., Burchert, Hanne, & Vasishth, 2013;Yarbay Duman, Altınok, Özgirgin, & Bastiaanse, 2011). Hence, our understanding of language comprehension (dis)ability in aphasia is incomplete, and important aspects of discourse, such as macrostructure and linguistic context, have been overlooked (Nicholas & Brookshire, 1995).…”

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The effects of direct and indirect speech on discourse comprehension in Dutch listeners with and without aphasia

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Background: Research on language comprehension in aphasia has primarily focused on comprehension of isolated words and sentences. Even though previous studies have provided insights into comprehension abilities of individuals with aphasia at the word and grammatical level, our understanding of the nature and extent of their language comprehension (dis)abilities is not yet complete. In contrast to the highly restricted semantic and syntactic interpretation of sentences, discourse comprehension requires additional pragmatic and non-linguistic skills. Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess language comprehension in individuals with and without aphasia at the discourse level. In particular, it addressed the question of whether the use of direct speech, compared to indirect speech, affects comprehension of narrative discourse in Dutch aphasic and non-brain-damaged (NBD) listeners. Methods & Procedures:The Direct Speech Comprehension (DISCO) test was developed to examine the effects of manipulating direct vs. indirect speech on discourse comprehension. Twenty-three individuals with aphasia and 20 NBD participants were presented with spoken narratives that contained either direct or indirect speech reports. The narratives were presented audio-visually on an iPad, and comprehension was assessed with yes/no questions. Outcomes & Results: The performance of the participants with aphasia was significantly poorer than that of the NBD participants. Moreover, a main effect for condition type was found, indicating that narratives with direct speech reports were better understood than narratives with indirect speech reports by listeners with and without aphasia. There

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Section: Impairments In Aphasic Language Comprehensionmentioning

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The effects of direct and indirect speech on discourse comprehension in Dutch listeners with and without aphasia

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“…Mason-Baughman and Wallace [12] extended feature knowledge research in another way. She combined the information about feature knowledge with participants' performance on an auditory/print matching task with semantically-related foils.…”

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“…Although previous research describes the difficulty people with aphasia experience discriminating between semantically-related words, additional research similar to Mason-Baughman and Wallace [12] is needed to help clinicians determine appropriate intervention techniques that might improve semantic discrimination in people with aphasia. Further description of differences in semantic feature knowledge may assist with development of such techniques.…”

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“…Mason-Baughman and Wallace [12] examined common and distinctive feature knowledge of persons with aphasia across two levels of importance (i.e. high and low).…”

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“…Feature knowledge in persons with aphasia has been investigated to better understand the role of feature knowledge in the language deficits associated with aphasia [9][10][11][12][13]. Specifically, research has focused on the role of semantic feature importance and distinctiveness.…”

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The role of commonality, distinctiveness and importance of semantic features in persons with aphasia

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Verbal Description of Concrete Objects: A Method for Assessing Semantic Circumlocution in Persons With Aphasia

Antonucci

MacWilliam

2015

Am J Speech Lang Pathol

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Purpose: We investigated from a theoretically motivated perspective what information differentiated sufficient from insufficient descriptions of objects provided by persons with aphasia. Method: Twenty-one adults with aphasia consequent to single left-hemisphere stroke verbally described 9 living and 9 nonliving objects. Responses were scored for accuracy (i.e., sufficiency) and tallied for type and quantity of semantic feature information provided. Main effects and interactions were identified using repeated measures analyses of variance, with significant findings followed up with planned comparisons. Results: Differences between correct and incorrect descriptions were identified with respect to both feature type and feature distinctiveness for living and nonliving items, in particular highlighting the importance of distinctive features in descriptions of both domains. Conclusions: These findings add to the relatively small body of literature investigating semantic feature processing in adults with aphasia. This is a critical gap to close when considered in light of the preponderance of semantically based treatments for word-retrieval impairment in strokeaphasia. Our findings provide preliminary support for the notion that semantically guided treatments for word-retrieval impairment in stroke-aphasia may be geared toward increasing specificity of semantic circumlocution to increase semantic self-cueing and to improve communication of information to conversation partners.

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Semantic feature knowledge in persons with aphasia: The role of commonality, distinctiveness, and importance

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

The effects of direct and indirect speech on discourse comprehension in Dutch listeners with and without aphasia

The effects of direct and indirect speech on discourse comprehension in Dutch listeners with and without aphasia

The role of commonality, distinctiveness and importance of semantic features in persons with aphasia

Verbal Description of Concrete Objects: A Method for Assessing Semantic Circumlocution in Persons With Aphasia

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