Aphasia

Question 1

Define

Answer 1

the loss or impairment of language function in one who had previously normal language after damage to the brain

Question 2

Repair

Answer 2

Beeke et al. 13: repair often abandoned, sequence of confirmatory remarks after
Wilkinson 06: can occur frequently and have a longer trajectory than in typical talk as its difficult to self repoar
Schegloff et al. 77: SISR is preferred, followed by OISR, there may or may not be an error
Goodwin 95: repair becomes the focus of the conversation

Question 3

Repair: CP’s role

Answer 3

Goodwin 95: CP often involved with guesses to accept or reject
Wilkinson 06: CP adopts diadectic role like a teacher
Lock et al. 01: Correct Production Sequences – Wilkinson 06: CP may know the correct answer to mispronounced talk and try and scaffold the speaker with aphasia’s contributions so that they can SR
Regressive try: identical with prior, mispronounced turn, often followed with laughter

Question 4

Repair: Role of laughter

Answer 4

Wilkinson 06: may be a way of presenting self as coping and taking lightly a situation that may be seen as embarassing

Question 5

Turn Construction: types of turns

Answer 5

Beeke 07
turn initial noun-construction: turns of nouns or noun phrases, reflecting expression followed by words which serve to comment in some way
turn initial adjective-construction: complete action or assessment
collaborative turn construction sequence: P begins alluding to certain meaning but its audibly incomplete, CP guesses what they mean to say, P confirms or rejects
talk and mime construction: recount an event through mime

Question 6

Wilkinson 06

Answer 6

aphasia shows delays and no ability to produce next part of structured uni
delay/inability is dispreferred, may be alluded by laughter
general meaning lexical items like ‘thing’ have interactional advantages - less repair, less retarded progression

Question 7

Multimodal turns

Answer 7

Goodwin 95: intonation and sound stretches show search shouldnt be closed, gesture contributes to an embodied complex of action successfuly signalling search isn’t over (eg. waggling finger), gaze used to indicate search begin or complete
Wilkinson et al. 10: enactment allows Ps to use relatively simple linguistic resources for forumlating actions and events

Question 8

Gesture intervention?

Answer 8

Sekine and Rose 13: use of gesture, mine and other modes noted in those with aphasia, for most of them gestures were iconic and capable of communicative load
aphasia type had a signficant impact on gesture type

Question 9

Hint and Guess Sequence

Answer 9

Lassako and Klippi 99
1) aph signals presence of problem, may have solitary search first
2) signal to CP for help
3) speaker offers hint, CP offers guess
4) confirmation phase - often multiple
Goodwin 86: tend to occur when aphasic speaker introduces new topic

Question 10

Test Q sequences

Answer 10

Beeke et al. 13
involve a speaker by initiating a topic they both know about, specific prompts show they already know the answer, lack of grammar resources doesn’t hinder turn construction.
Heritage 12
allows aphasic speaker to expand on interaction squence and is a necessary featre of interaction early in process of adjusting BUT may be limited after time
Burch et al. 02
test Qs eliminated = P able to initiate new topic and turn constructions increased in length and content
Lock et al. 01
A may get frustrated or upset
might make conversationals institutional rahter than interactional
BUT ok if both prompt it