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Sociolinguistics and Aphasia
Author(s) -
Burns Allan F.,
Blonder Lee Xenakis,
Heilman Kenneth M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of linguistic anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1548-1395
pISSN - 1055-1360
DOI - 10.1525/jlin.1991.1.2.165
Subject(s) - aphasia , linguistics , syntax , phonology , fluency , sociolinguistics , psychology , semantics (computer science) , cognitive psychology , computer science , philosophy , programming language
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.