Establishing Alignment in Aphasia Couples Therapy in a Woman with Wernicke's Aphasia: A Case Study

Autor/in	Boles, Larry
Titel	Establishing Alignment in Aphasia Couples Therapy in a Woman with Wernicke's Aphasia: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 36 (2015) 4, S.219-230 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/1525740114544317
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Aphasia; Spouses; Speech Impairments; Speech Language Pathology; Therapy; Articulation Impairments; Older Adults; Psycholinguistics; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Disorders; Speech Acts; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Ehepartner; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Therapie; Artikulationsstörung; Älterer Erwachsener; Psycholinguistik; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kommunikationsstörung; Sprechakt; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Alignment refers to the interactive use of similar words to accomplish a linguistic and cognitive "common ground" in conversations. Alignment is thought to be unconscious, relying on priming mechanisms. This occurs uniquely in conversational contexts and has been shown in choices of words, grammatical constructions, and even indirect language and gestures. This study reports a couple who demonstrated very little pretherapy alignment, using a couples-based approach. The client realized an increase in utterances and words, and no change in incoherent utterances. Her nonaphasic spouse increased his use of alignment. Naïve observers of therapy sessions perceived later sessions as more positive than earlier sessions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01