Non-fluent Aphasia in a Multilingual World

Name: Non-fluent Aphasia in a Multilingual World
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Lise Menn Michael P. O'Connor Loraine K. Obler Audrey Holland(Autor*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 30. November 1995

XVII, 212 Seiten

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NON-FLUENT APHASIA IN A MULTILINGUAL WORLD
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Non-fluent Aphasia in a Multilingual World
Table of contents
List of Figures
List of Excerpts
Abbreviations and Conventions
Abbreviations
Transcription conventions
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1. The purpose of this book: Audience and goals
1.1.1. Approaching the bilingual patient
1.1.2. Language varieties
1.1.3. Bilingualism and bi-dialectism
1.1.4. Bilingualism in "English-speaking" countries
1.1.5. Beyond the multilingual clinic: The impact of cross-linguistic studies on aphasiology
1.2. The types of patients that the book is based on
1.3. Additional sources of information
1.4. The plan of the book
1.5. Linguistics and aphasia
Chapter 2. Describing and Comparing Languages
2.1. Introduction: Why we need linguistic terminology
2.2. Grammar across the world's languages: The basic types of information conveyed by syntax and morphology
2.2.1. Sentence form and sentence meaning: How we find out "who did what to whom
2.2.2. Subcatcgorization
2.2.3. Argument structure
2.2.4. Perspective on language: semantics vs. syntax, form vs. function
2.3. Typology and terminology: Common types of morphemes and syntactic structures
2.3.1. Morphological (word form) types
2.3.2. Word-order typology
2.4. Pragmatics: Describing sentence types and their uses in conversation
2.4.1. Coherence
2.4.2. Focus
2.4.3. Turn-taking
2.5. Reasoning from linguistic typology: Extrapolating from available data to aphasia in languages not yet studied
2.6. How to read and use an interlinear morphemic transcription
Recommended Readings
Exercises
Chapter 3. Basic Properties of Agrammatic Narratives
3.1. Introduction
3.2. How do we know what is normal? The need for control subjects
3.3. Getting patients to talk: Narrative elicitation
3.4. General properties of agrammatic narratives
3.4.1. The slow talkers: Few words, halting phrases
3.4.2. Pre-fabricated language: Relying on formulaic expressions
3.4.3. Bits and pieces: Using sentence fragments
3.4.4. Trying to get it right: Retracing and self-correction
3.4.5. Does the patient know what's going on? Interpretations of events and mental states
3.4.6. Using the present tense: Vivid storytelling, or a mistake?
3.4.7. Getting lost in mid-sentence: Omissions and re-starts
3.4.8. "Here they are!": The use of direct discourse and sound effects
3.4.9. "Excuse mel": Narrative flair
3.4.10. Restraining the impulse to reconstruct: Limitations and biases of standard methods of error description
3.4.11. Focusing on what the patient really did say: Positive analysis
3.4.12. What kind of error is it? Separating semantics from pragmatics
3.4.13. "Little Red Riding Hood visited my grandmother": Semantic errors in pronouns
3.4.14. Nameless characters: Pragmatic errors on pronouns
3.5. Comparing elicitation materials
3.6. Potential intercultural problems
3.7. Chapter summary
Chapter 4. The Grammar of Connected Agrammatic Speech
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Major grammatical phenomena
4.2.1. Basic patterns of omission: Functors and main verbs
more on the reconstruction problem
4.2.2. Omission and retention: A closer look at the patterns
4.2.3. Substitutions of major-class lexical items
4.2.4. Use of infinitives for finite verb forms
4.2.5. Use of incorrect finite verb forms
4.2.6. Problems with tense and aspect
4.2.7. Omission of parts of complex verb forms
4.2.8. Substitutions of case inflections on nouns
4.2.9. Word-order difficulties
4.2.10. Preserved basic morphology and disturbed syntax in agglutinative languages
4.2.11. Overuse of certain categories of words
4.2.12. Differential preservation of certain kinds of speech particles
4.2.13. Summary and Interpretation: The description of agrammatic speech
4.3. Consequences and contrasts: Counterevidence to some popular descriptions and theories
Chapter 5. Speech, Writing, and Oral Reading
5.1. Introduction: Why should there be either differences or similarities across different types of language output?
5.2. Disturbances in spontaneous writing
5.3. Disturbances in reading aloud
5.4. Differences in degree of disturbance of writing and speech
Exercise
Chapter 6. Bilingual and Polyglot Aphasia
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Parallel and differential deficits
6.3. Causes for differential recovery
6.4. Special bilingual behaviors
6.5. Brain organization for bilingualism
6.6. Implications for diagnosis
6.6.1. Intake/Case History
6.6.2. The Diagnostic Process
Chapter 7. Inventing Therapy for Aphasia
7.1. Introduction: Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic issues
7.2. Treatment for agrammatism
7.2.1. Can direct therapy and its interactional extensions be effective when it is conducted in the imperfectly mastered language of the clinician?
7.2.1.1. The problem of trilingual Mr. K-J H: A decision for monolingual therapy (AH's patient)
7.2.1.2. Mr. JD: The case for bilingual therapy (CP's patient)
7.2.1.3. Summary
7.2.2. What factors should guide the choice oflanguage(s) in therapy or the sequence of languages to receive therapy
7.2.3. What is the role of the family or an intermediary (such as an interpreter or a health care worker) in cross-linguistic therapy
7.2.4. What aspects of culture need to be taken into account in guiding therapy?
7.3. Some concluding comments
Appendix A. Foreign Accents (Non-native Phonetics) and Dysarthria
A. Particular phonemes or phonemic contrasts
B. Sequences or configurations of phonemes
Appendix B. Language Families
Index of Languages
Appendix C. Clinical Resources
Therapy and Testing Materials
Testing Materials
Clinical Glossary
Linguistic Glossary
References

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