John Benjamins Publishing Company
Interacting with difficulty
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Abstract
Following brain damage after stroke, a language disorder known as aphasia can significantly interfere with conversational flow due to both the individual’s difficulties with word-finding and grammar, as well as their conversational partner’s ability to deal with such difficulties. This chapter explores the kinds of analyses used to date to illuminate the nature of interactions involving people with aphasia and their conversational partners, and the difficulties they encounter. In particular, Conversation Analysis (1977) and Systemic Functional Linguistics approaches (Halliday 1994) are discussed, and the challenges involved in applying such frameworks to clinical populations are examined.
Abstract
Following brain damage after stroke, a language disorder known as aphasia can significantly interfere with conversational flow due to both the individual’s difficulties with word-finding and grammar, as well as their conversational partner’s ability to deal with such difficulties. This chapter explores the kinds of analyses used to date to illuminate the nature of interactions involving people with aphasia and their conversational partners, and the difficulties they encounter. In particular, Conversation Analysis (1977) and Systemic Functional Linguistics approaches (Halliday 1994) are discussed, and the challenges involved in applying such frameworks to clinical populations are examined.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- New adventures in language and interaction 1
- Interlocutory logic 9
- Beyond symbols 47
- The case for an eclectic approach to discourse-in-interaction 71
- Grammar 99
- Researching intercultural communication 125
- Studying interaction in order to cultivate communicative practices 145
- Healthcare interaction as an expert communicative system 167
- Interacting with difficulty 199
- Ecologies of gesture 223
- The neglected listener 243
- Dialogical dynamics 257
- Author index 273
- Subject index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- New adventures in language and interaction 1
- Interlocutory logic 9
- Beyond symbols 47
- The case for an eclectic approach to discourse-in-interaction 71
- Grammar 99
- Researching intercultural communication 125
- Studying interaction in order to cultivate communicative practices 145
- Healthcare interaction as an expert communicative system 167
- Interacting with difficulty 199
- Ecologies of gesture 223
- The neglected listener 243
- Dialogical dynamics 257
- Author index 273
- Subject index 275
