Collaborating on Reference: A Study of Discourse and Aphasia
Hengst, Julie Ann
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Description
Title
Collaborating on Reference: A Study of Discourse and Aphasia
Author(s)
Hengst, Julie Ann
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Miller, Peggy J.
Department of Study
Speech Communication
Discipline
Speech Communication
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Speech Communication
Language
eng
Abstract
Initial analysis showed that all four individuals with aphasia and their partners completed the barrier task trials in ways that were broadly consistent with Clark's collaborative referencing model. Across trials, the initial referencing expressions became more concise and the pairs showed a decline in overt collaborative effort per card placement. However, the analysis extended and challenged Clark's collaborative referencing model by viewing participants' activity as situated, interactional achievements in complex functional systems. The pairs used heterogeneous, complexly orchestrated resources (e.g., verbal and nonverbal; personal experience; shared histories; and the affordances of material objects) and actively negotiated the task, infusing it with their own motivations (e.g., doing speech practice, managing interpersonal relationships, having fun). In this analysis, referencing appeared as a distributed cognitive and communicative practice in constant genesis. Finally, an ethnographic case study (a life narrative supplemented with situated analysis of interaction in two settings) explored the way one young man with aphasia re-negotiated his identity and social relationships across multiple spheres of activity (e.g., sports, medicine, family, work, education).
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