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Use of discourse markers in linguistic production of one speaker with afferent motor aphasia

Authors

  • Josaphat Guillén E. Doctor en Lingüística Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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Abstract

This paper analyzes use and functions of discourse markers in linguistic production of one speaker with afferent motor aphasia. A semi-structured interview carried out during neuropsychological therapy was analyzed. The aim of this study is to qualitatively analyze the use of discourse markers and the functions they perform in patient interventions. It attempts to show discourse markers are conserved in this type of aphasia because they perform as compensatory strategies which make patient communication easier and respond to the particular deficits which characterize this aphasia. Data analysis shows that the patient consistently uses four kinds of markers: (i) connectors, (ii) reformulators, (iii) formulators, and (iv) modalizers, despite pathology. This suggests that discourse markers perform specific functions which help to resolve the problems which the patient faces during construction of his intervention. This fact is consistent with the results obtained in previous studies with other aphasia varieties. Finally, this contributes to the notion that, in aphasia, pragmatic and discursive levels suffer a less drastic disintegration than that of the phonetic-phonological level or the syntactic level.

Keywords:

discourse markers, afferent motor aphasia, compensatory strategies