Functional approaches to TBI Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
What are the main functional approaches to TBI?
A
- discourse analysis
- conversation analysis
- psychosocial
2
Q
What kind of disorder is TBI considered as?
A
- ‘cognitive-linguistic’ disorder
- communication is affected by cognitive impairments as much, or more so, than linguistic impairments
3
Q
How can TBI be considered from a linguistic perspective
A
- a pragmatic disorder
- rules governing how language is used, or rules governing socially appropriate talk/behaviour, are impaired
4
Q
What in TBI coms might highlight them as atypical?
A
- how they use language (and perhaps how they behave more generally)
- levels of linguistic ability (eg grammatical, lexical, phonological abilities) may be relatively intact
