TY  - THES
A1  - Linnik, Anastasia
T1  - Coherence and structure in aphasic and non-aphasic spoken discourse
T1  - Kohärenz und Struktur im aphasischen und nicht-aphasischen gesprochenen Diskurs
N2  - Discourse production is crucial for communicative success and is in the core of aphasia assessment and treatment. Coherence differentiates discourse from a series of utterances/sentences; it is internal unity and connectedness, and, as such, perhaps the most inherent property of discourse. It is unclear whether people with aphasia, who experience various language production difficulties, preserve the ability to produce coherent discourse. A more general question of how coherence is established and represented linguistically has been addressed in the literature, yet remains unanswered. This dissertation presents an investigation of discourse production in aphasia and the linguistic mechanisms of establishing coherence.
N2  - Die Diskursproduktion ist entscheidend für den kommunikativen Erfolg und ist ausschlaggebend für die Diagnostik und Behandlung von Aphasie. Durch Kohärenz wird eine Reihe von Äußerungen oder Sätzen zum Diskurs. Kohärenz stellt die innere Einheit und Verbundenheit eines Textes dar und ist damit vielleicht die zentrale Eigenschaft des Diskurses. Es ist unklar, ob Menschen mit Aphasie, die Schwierigkeiten bei der Sprachproduktion haben, die Fähigkeit bewahren, einen kohärenten Diskurs zu konstruieren. Die Frage, was genau Sprache kohärent macht, wurde in der Literatur behandelt, ist aber nicht vollständig verstanden. Diese Dissertation stellt eine Untersuchung der aphasischen Diskursproduktion und der linguistischen Mechanismen zur Herstellung von Kohärenz dar.
KW  - aphasia
KW  - discourse production
KW  - rhetorical structure theory
KW  - coherence
KW  - Aphasie
KW  - Diskursproduktion
KW  - rhetorische Struktur
KW  - Kohärenz
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-423202
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Linnik, Anastasia
A1  - Bastiaanse, Roelien
A1  - Höhle, Barbara
T1  - Discourse production in aphasia: a current review of theoretical and methodological challenges
JF  - Aphasiology : an international, interdisciplinary journal
N2  - Background: Discourse abilities play an important role in the assessment, classification, and therapy outcome evaluation of people with aphasia. Discourse production in aphasia has been studied quite extensively in the last 15 years. Nevertheless, many questions still do not have definitive answers.Aims: The aim of this review is to present the current situation in the research on a number of crucial aspects of discourse production in aphasia, focusing on methodological progress and related challenges. This review continues the discussion of the core themes in the field, aiming to render it as up-to-date as possible.Main Contribution: The review focuses on a number of unexplored theoretical issues, specifically, the interface between micro- and macrolinguistic abilities, and the relationship between linguistic competence and communicative success in aphasia. The emphasis on theoretical challenges, along with the thorough discussion of methodological problems in the field, makes this review a starting point and a comprehensive information source for researchers planning to address language production in people with aphasia.Conclusion: Although the picture is not yet complete, recent advancements lead to a better understanding of the processes involved in aphasic discourse production. Different approaches provide insights into the complex multifaceted nature of discourse-level phenomena; however, methodological issues, including low comparability, substantially slow down the progress in the field.
KW  - Discourse production
KW  - aphasia
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2015.1113489
SN  - 0268-7038
SN  - 1464-5041
VL  - 30
SP  - 765
EP  - 800
PB  - Copernicus
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -