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This Volume Is Unique Because It Presents Both Theoretical And Clinical Papers That Examine A Variety Of Communication Pathologies. Clinicians Often Report Dissatisfaction With Formal Test Batteries In That Results Are Often At Variance With Clinical Observation Of Performance In Real Life Situations. To Address This Concern, This Work Proposes Methods For Examining Discourse That Move The Examiner Closer To Naturalistic Sampling. The Research Presented Demonstrates That Discourse Analysis Provides Clinically Significant Information That Contributes To The Understanding Of The Cognitive, Lingu Cover; Discourse Analysis And Applications: Studies In Adult Clinical Populations; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Approaches To The Study Of Discourse In The Social Sciences; Chapter 2 Intersubject Variability In Adult Normal Discourse; Chapter 3 Discourse Macrostructure In Aphasia; Chapter 4 A Method For Microanalysis Of Discourse In Brain-damaged Patients; Chapter 5 Hemispheric Responsibility And Discourse Production: Contrasting Patients With Unilateral Left And Right Hemisphere Damage Chapter 6 Cognitive Framework: A Description Of Discourse Abilities In Traumatically Brain-injured Adultschapter 7 The Expression Of Pragmatic Intentions In Adults With Mental Retardation During Instructional Discourse; Chapter 8 Oral Story Production In Adults With Learning Disabilities; Chapter 9 Studies Of Discourse Production In Adults With Alzheimer's Disease; Chapter 10 Conversational Topic-shifting Analysis In Dementia; Chapter 11 Requests For Clarification As Evidence Of Pragmatic Comprehension Difficulty: The Case Of Alzheimer's Disease Chapter 12 Cohesive Devices And Conversational Discourse In Alzheimer's Diseasechapter 13 Communication Patterns In End-stage Alzheimer's Disease: Pragmatic Analyses; Author Index; Subject Index Edited By Ronald L. Bloom. [et Al.]. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. English