Fromm, David A. and Forbes, Margaret and Holland, Audrey and MacWhinney, Brian (2013) PWAs and PBJs: Language for describing a simple procedure. [Clinical Aphasiology Paper]
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze responses to a simple procedural discourse task in persons with aphasia (PWAs n=141) and non-aphasic participants (n=145). Participants described how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Results showed significant differences between groups on mean length of utterance, total number of words, total number of utterances, and task duration. However, the top 10 verbs and nouns used by both groups were nearly identical and the proportion of nouns, verbs, pronouns, and determiners used by each group was similar. Aphasia severity correlated moderately with total number of words only.
| Item Type: | Clinical Aphasiology Paper |
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| Depositing User: | OSCP Staff 1 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2013 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2016 15:13 |
| Conference: | Clinical Aphasiology Conference > Clinical Aphasiology Conference (2013 : 43rd : Tucson, AZ : May 28-June 2, 2013) |
| URI: | http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2491 |
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