Includes bibliographical references and index.

PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbout the EditorsContributors Chapter 1. Discourse Analysis in Adults With and Without Communication Disorders: An OverviewCarl Coelho, Barbara B. Shadden, and Leora R. Cherney Section I. Discourse and Typical AgingHeather Harris Wright, Topic ChairChapter 2. Cognitive and Linguistic Characteristics of Narrative Discourse Production in Healthy AgingAndrea MariniChapter 3. Discourse Processing in Older Adults: Considering Discourse Elicitation TasksStephen Kintz and Hana KimChapter 4. Conversation and Typical AgingMarion Leaman and Aviva Lerman Section II. Discourse in Aphasia Mary Boyle, Topic Chair for AphasiaChapter 5. Analysing Linguistic Features of Discourse in People with AphasiaLucy BryantChapter 6. Weaving Research Evidence and Clinical Expertise Together in Discourse Analysis of Spoken Personal Narratives in AphasiaLucy Dipper and Madeline CruiceChapter 7. Clinical Application of Conversation Analysis in AphasiaJamie H. Azios and Nina Simmons-MackieChapter 8. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Conversational Assessment and Treatment in Aphasia: Learnings From A First Nations ContextElizabeth Armstrong, Tara Lewis, Alice Robins, Ian Malcolm, and Natalie Ciccone Section III. Discourse of People with Cognitive Communication DisordersLeanne Togher, Topic ChairChapter 9. Discourse Assessment Across the Recovery Continuum of Traumatic Brain InjuryElise Elbourn, Joanne Steel, and Elizabeth SpencerChapter 10. Assessing Conversation After Traumatic Brain InjuryLouise C. Keegan, Nicholas Behn, Emma Power, Susan Howell & Rachael RietdijkChapter 11. Assessing Discourse In People With Right Hemisphere DisordersMelissa D. Stockbridge, Jamila Minga, Alexandra Zezinka Durfee, and Melissa JohnsonChapter 12. Using Technology and Telepractice to Evaluate Discourse After Traumatic Brain InjuryRachael Rietdijk and Peter Meulenbroek Section IV. Discourse of People Living With Neurodegenerative DisordersJ.B. Orange, Topic ChairChapter 13. Clinical Implications of Discourse Analysis for Individuals With Primary Progressive AphasiaSarah Grace Dalton, H. Isabel Hubbard, and Jessica D. RichardsonChapter 14. What Discourse Analysis Reveals About Conversation and Language Processing in the Context of Dementia of the Alzheimer's TypeJackie GuendouziChapter 15. Multilevel Discourse Analysis in Parkinson's Disease and Related DisordersKatharine Aveni and Angela RobertsChapter 16. Discourse in ALS: Interplay of Language, Motor, and Executive FactorsSharon Ash and Sanjana Shellikeri Section V. Discourse Databases for Use With Clinical PopulationsCarl Coelho, Co-EditorChapter 17. Discourse Databases for Use With Clinical PopulationsDavida Fromm and Brian MacWhinney

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