Background theory and research

LUNA is grounded in existing theory and research, some of which is listed below.

🔓 We have included open access links where they are available. These links have an open padlock symbol next to them.

A number of reviews describing work completed to date in assessing and treating discourse in aphasia:

Armstrong, E. (2000). Aphasic discourse analysis: The story so far. Aphasiology, 14(9), 875-892. [link]
Bryant, L., Ferguson, A., & Spencer, E. (2016). Linguistic analysis of discourse in aphasia: A review of the literature. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 30(7), 489-518. [link]
Linnik, A., Bastiaanse, R., & Höhle, B. (2016). Discourse production in aphasia: A current review of theoretical and methodological challenges. Aphasiology, 30(7), 765-800. [link]
Pritchard, M., Hilari, K., Cocks, N., & Dipper, L. (2017). Reviewing the quality of discourse information measures in aphasia. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52(6), 689-732. [🔓link]

Frederiksen, C., Bracewell, R., Breuleux, A., & Renaud, A. (1990). The cognitive representation and processing of discourse: Function and dysfunction. In Y. Joanette & H. Brownell (Eds.), Discourse ability and brain damage: Theoretical and empirical perspectives. New York: Springer Verlag.
Kintsch, W., & van Dijk, T. (1978). Toward a model of text comprehension and production. Psychological Review, 85(5), 373-394. [link]
Levelt, W. (1989). Speaking: From Intention to Articulation. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Sherratt, S. (2007). Multi-level discourse analysis: A feasible approach. Aphasiology, 21(3/4), 375-393. [link]

Cruice, M., Pritchard, M. & Dipper, L. (2014). Verb use in aphasic and non-aphasic personal discourse: What is normal? Journal of Neurolinguistics, 28, 31-47. [🔓link]
Dipper, L., Pritchard, M., Walkden, E. & Cruice, M. (2018). How do speakers with and without aphasia use syntax and semantics across two discourse genres? Aphasiology, 32(6), 720-738. [🔓link]
Wallace, S., Worrall, L., Rose, T., Le Dorze, G., Cruice, M., Isaksen, J., Kong, A., Simmons-Mackie, N., Scarinci, N. & Gauvreau, C. (2016). Which outcomes are most important to people with aphasia and their families? An international nominal group technique study framed within the ICF. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(14),1364-1379. [🔓link]

Whitworth, A. (2010). Using narrative as a bridge: Linking language processing models with real-life communication. Seminars in Speech and Language, 31(1), 64-76.[link]
Whitworth, A., Leitao, S., Cartwright, J., Webster, J., Hankey, G., Zach, J., Howard, D., & Wolz, V. (2015). NARNIA: A new twist to an old tale. A pilot RCT to evaluate a multilevel approach to improving discourse in aphasia.Aphasiology, 29(11), 1345-1382. [link]

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