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Title
Talk about goals for aphasia therapy: a systemic functional analysis
Author/Creator
Ferguson, Alison;  Worrall, Linda;  Davidson, Bronwyn;  Hersh, Deborah;  Howe, Tami;  Sherratt, Sue
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
Employing Systemic Functional Linguistics, this paper presents a critical discourse analysis of talk about goals for aphasia therapy by five people with aphasia, their five family members, and their eight treating speech-language pathologists. While speech-language pathologists talked explicitly about goals, people with aphasia and their family members talked about these implicitly. The further analysis of one set of participants found that the wife was observed to use very concrete, activity focused language, in contrast to the more abstract and technical language used by the speech-language pathologist. The language used by these participants indicated different ways of conceptualizsing goals for people with aphasia. The counterpoint available through this critical discourse analysis is suggested to offer useful reflection on talk in everyday clinical contexts, and to provide directions for further research.
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Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 95-118
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jircd.v1i1.95
Date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Keyword(s)
aphasia;  critical discourse analysis;  systemic functional linguistics;  therapy goals
Resource Type
journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/922054
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ISSN:2040-5111
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