Discourse information content in non-aphasic adults with brain injury: A pilot study

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1010-1018

  Carlomagno, Sergio ^a   Giannotti, Sara ^a   Vorano, Lorenzo ^b   Marini, Andrea ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b IMFR Gervasutta   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; information content; pragmatic errors; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NARRATIVE; PILOT STUDY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79961204119     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.605097     Document Type: Article

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