The effect of elicitation task on discourse coherence and cohesion in adolescents with brain injury

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 327-349

  Van Leer, Eva ^b   Turkstra, Lyn ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Communication assessment; Discourse analysis; Head injury; Narrative structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONVERSATION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0008990457     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9924(99)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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