Linguistics and Aphasia

Part of the "Language in Social Life" series, this text examines linguistics and aphasia and the psycholinguistic and pragmatic aspects of intervention. Amongst areas covered are the clinical background to aphasia, functional communication strategies and control processes in sentence production.

Ruth Lesser is Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University. Lesley Milroy is Visiting Professor at University of York and Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan.

General Editor's Preface Transcription conventions Part I: Background 1. Introduction 2. Aphasia - the clinical background Part II: Models and Methods 3. Applying linguistics in aphasia research and therapy 4. Psycholinguistic models, lexical processing 5. Psycholinguistic models, sentence processing 6. Pragmatics, theoretical issues 7. Coherence in discourse 8. The structure of conversation 9. Conversation as a collaborative achievement: some conversational management procedures Part III: Implications and Applications 10. Applying psycholinguistics to intervention: some preliminary considerations 11. Applying psycholinguistics to intervention: some clinical studies 12. Applying pragmatics in intervention 13. Contrast and complement: some concluding remarks References Index