Stroke narratives in aphasia: The role of reported speech

Discourse in aphasia: An introduction to current research and future directions

“…Discourse abilities in aphasia have garnered more attention in recent years. Researchers have applied methods to evaluate discourse in adults with aphasia to better characterise their communication impairments (e.g., for review see Armstrong, 2000;Olness, Metteson, & Stewart, 2010;Stark, 2010;Ulatowska, Reyes, & Santos, 2010). Researchers have also investigated different methods for quantifying meaningful change in communication abilities of adults with aphasia that are often not detectable by standardised aphasia test batteries (e.g., Fox, Armstrong, & Boles, 2009;Goral & Kempler, 2009;Peach & Reuter, 2010).…”

On natural metalinguistic abilities in aphasia: A preliminary study

“…Paraphrastic ability is involved in different discursive techniques of reported speech that, according to Hengst, Frame, Neuman-Stritzel, and Gannaway (2005), are preserved differently in people with aphasia. Ulatowska, Reyes, Santos, and Worle (2011) have recently considered some clinical implications of reported speech for aphasic individuals. The accesibility of specific units that monitor conversational interaction, i.e., discourse markers, have also been explored in people with aphasia (Gallardo Paúls & Marín-Jordà, 2005;Pietrosemoli, Vera, González Valera, & Coutín Churchman, 2005;Simmons-Mackie, Elman, Holland, & Damico, 2007).…”

Evaluating Personal Stroke Narratives from Bilingual Greek-English Immigrants with Aphasia

“…A growing body of work on stroke narratives in aphasia has been carried out by Ulatowska and colleagues [14, 22-25]. Most of the stroke stories collected by this team of researchers were produced by middle-aged, English-speaking Caucasian and African-American adults with mild-moderate aphasia.…”

“…Most of the stroke stories collected by this team of researchers were produced by middle-aged, English-speaking Caucasian and African-American adults with mild-moderate aphasia. The research findings have covered three broad themes: (i) overall narrative competence [22, 24], (ii) coherence of information [14, 22] and (iii) use of linguistic/non-linguistic evaluative devices to assign prominence [23, 25] to the stroke narrative. In general, the findings revealed that individuals with mild to moderate aphasia demonstrate relatively intact narrative competence in relation to coherence, clarity and temporal-causal structure despite difficulties with reference [1, 24, 25].…”

“…The research findings have covered three broad themes: (i) overall narrative competence [22, 24], (ii) coherence of information [14, 22] and (iii) use of linguistic/non-linguistic evaluative devices to assign prominence [23, 25] to the stroke narrative. In general, the findings revealed that individuals with mild to moderate aphasia demonstrate relatively intact narrative competence in relation to coherence, clarity and temporal-causal structure despite difficulties with reference [1, 24, 25]. Similarly, with regard to use of narrative evaluative devices PWA tend to show somewhat preserved ability to assign prominence to information and produce “tellable” narratives, especially when aphasia is not severe [23, 25, 26].…”