Adapting to conversation as a language-impaired speaker: Changes in aphasic turn construction over time

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-97

  Wilkinson, Ray ^a   Gower, Morwenna ^b   Beeke, Suzanne ^a   Maxim, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Southampton City Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aphasia; Conversation; Identity; Recovery; Turn

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVALESCENCE; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; REVIEW; STROKE;

EID: 34548247707     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CAM.2007.009     Document Type: Review

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