Expression of Propositional Attitudes in Conversation by Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Relevance Theoretic Approach

Autor/inn/en	Bootsma, Jael N.; Turkstra, Lyn S.; Gorter, Jan Willem
Titel	Expression of Propositional Attitudes in Conversation by Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Relevance Theoretic Approach
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 56 (2021) 2, S.346-359 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bootsma, Jael N.) ORCID (Turkstra, Lyn S.) ORCID (Gorter, Jan Willem)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.1111/1460-6984.12608
Schlagwörter	Adults; Neurological Impairments; Head Injuries; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Problems; Communication Strategies; Discourse Analysis; Verbs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Kopfverletzung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kommunikationsbarriere; Kommunikationsstrategie; Diskursanalyse
Abstract	Background: Impairments in social communication are ubiquitous after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Most attempts to quantify these impairments have been descriptive rather than theoretically motivated. We propose that Relevance Theory provides a framework for characterizing social communication limitations after TBI and linking these problems to underlying cognitive impairments. Aims: This study asked how adult speakers with and without TBI used specific linguistic forms in social communication. We selected three linguistic markers that convey thoughts and feelings of the speaker and which are intended to influence the same in the listener: propositional attitude verbs, the discourse marker "like" and the quotative "like." Methods & Procedures: Ten adults with moderate to severe TBI and 12 healthy adults completed 5-min casual conversations with student researcher partners as part of a larger research study. Conversations were transcribed and analysed for the frequency of the three linguistic markers, corrected for total words in the transcript. Outcomes & Results: Participants in the TBI group used discourse marker "like" significantly less than participants in the healthy comparison group (0.75% and 2.06% of total words, respectively; p = 0.05, d = -0.43) and showed less variety in functions of "like." The use of propositional attitude verbs and quotative "like" was not affected by TBI. Conclusions & Implications: Expression of propositional attitude seems largely preserved after TBI. Relevance Theory may provide a helpful framework (1) to interpret subtle quantitative and qualitative differences that contribute to social conversation problems of adults with TBI; and (2) to elucidate relations among the social communication signs and symptoms and underlying cognitive impairments. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01