TY - JOUR
T1 - Sociolinguistics and Aphasia
AU - Burns, Allan F.
AU - Blonder, Lee Xenakis
AU - Heilman, Kenneth M.
PY - 1991/12
Y1 - 1991/12
N2 - Neurolinguistic studies of language processing in aphasic patients have traditionally analyzed phonology, syntax, and lexico‐semantics. We report, using home interviews as a major source of speech data, preliminary sociolinguistic observations of conversations between aphasic patients, their spouses, and an investigator. Examination of illocutionary force, the conversational strategies used to maintain discourse, and the cultural integration of speech deficits shows that sociolinguistic fluency may be obtained in spite of phonological, lexico‐semantic, and/or syntactic dysfunction.
AB - Neurolinguistic studies of language processing in aphasic patients have traditionally analyzed phonology, syntax, and lexico‐semantics. We report, using home interviews as a major source of speech data, preliminary sociolinguistic observations of conversations between aphasic patients, their spouses, and an investigator. Examination of illocutionary force, the conversational strategies used to maintain discourse, and the cultural integration of speech deficits shows that sociolinguistic fluency may be obtained in spite of phonological, lexico‐semantic, and/or syntactic dysfunction.
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U2 - 10.1525/jlin.1991.1.2.165
DO - 10.1525/jlin.1991.1.2.165
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930564470
SN - 1055-1360
VL - 1
SP - 165
EP - 177
JO - Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
JF - Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
IS - 2
ER -