Measuring goodness of story narratives

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-126

  Lê, Karen ^a   Coelho, Carl ^a   Mozeiko, Jennifer ^a   Grafman, Jordan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Discourse analysis; Narrative discourse; Story grammar

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARRATION; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 79551714650     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0022)     Document Type: Article

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