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Article: Measuring discourse coherence in anomic aphasia using Rhetorical Structure Theory
Title | Measuring discourse coherence in anomic aphasia using Rhetorical Structure Theory |
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Keywords | Aphasia Discourse analysis Speech-language pathology |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | Informa Healthcare. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iasl20 |
Citation | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2018, v. 20 n. 4, p. 406-421 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Purpose: The existing body of work regarding discourse coherence in aphasia has provided mixed results, leaving the question of coherence being impaired or intact as a result of brain injury unanswered. In this study, discourse coherence in non-brain-damaged (NBD) speakers and speakers with anomic aphasia was investigated quantitatively and qualitatively. Method: Fifteen native speakers of Cantonese with anomic aphasia and 15 NBD participants produced 60 language samples. Elicitation tasks included story-telling induced by a picture series and a procedural description. The samples were annotated for discourse structure in the framework of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) in order to analyse a number of structural parameters. After that 20 naı¨ve listeners rated coherence of each sample. Result: Disordered discourse was rated as significantly less coherent. The NBD group demonstrated a higher production fluency than the participants with aphasia and used a richer set of semantic relations to create discourse, particularly in the description of settings, expression of causality, and extent of elaboration. People with aphasia also tended to omit essential information content. Conclusion: Reduced essential information content, lower degree of elaboration, and a larger amount of structural disruptions may have contributed to the reduced overall discourse coherence in speakers with anomic aphasia. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/243818 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.526 |
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dc.contributor.author | Kong, APH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Linnik, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Law, SP | - |
dc.contributor.author | Shum, WWM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-25T02:59:53Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-25T02:59:53Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2018, v. 20 n. 4, p. 406-421 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1754-9507 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/243818 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: The existing body of work regarding discourse coherence in aphasia has provided mixed results, leaving the question of coherence being impaired or intact as a result of brain injury unanswered. In this study, discourse coherence in non-brain-damaged (NBD) speakers and speakers with anomic aphasia was investigated quantitatively and qualitatively. Method: Fifteen native speakers of Cantonese with anomic aphasia and 15 NBD participants produced 60 language samples. Elicitation tasks included story-telling induced by a picture series and a procedural description. The samples were annotated for discourse structure in the framework of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) in order to analyse a number of structural parameters. After that 20 naı¨ve listeners rated coherence of each sample. Result: Disordered discourse was rated as significantly less coherent. The NBD group demonstrated a higher production fluency than the participants with aphasia and used a richer set of semantic relations to create discourse, particularly in the description of settings, expression of causality, and extent of elaboration. People with aphasia also tended to omit essential information content. Conclusion: Reduced essential information content, lower degree of elaboration, and a larger amount of structural disruptions may have contributed to the reduced overall discourse coherence in speakers with anomic aphasia. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Informa Healthcare. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/iasl20 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology | - |
dc.subject | Aphasia | - |
dc.subject | Discourse analysis | - |
dc.subject | Speech-language pathology | - |
dc.title | Measuring discourse coherence in anomic aphasia using Rhetorical Structure Theory | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Law, SP: splaw@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Law, SP=rp00920 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/17549507.2017.1293158 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 28306394 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC5601010 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85015626042 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 273827 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 20 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 406 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 421 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000438770400003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1754-9507 | - |