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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Communication Studies

Background:

  • Communicative competence is traditionally viewed as an individual trait.
  • Shifting focus to interactional competence offers clinical utility.
  • Social attributions of competence are influenced by interactional dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply conversation analysis to describe communicative competence.
  • To explore the relationship between interactional competence and social attributions.
  • To investigate the clinical relevance of interactional competence in aphasia.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 27 audiotaped conversations between aphasic and normal subjects.
  • Quantification of interactive trouble-indicating behaviors.
  • Comparison with subjects' perceived communication workload.

Main Results:

  • Normal and aphasic partners perceive the normal partner carrying a greater workload.
  • Attributions of communicative competence correlate with conversational repair management.
  • Interactional dynamics significantly shape perceived communication competence.

Conclusions:

  • Communicative competence is an emergent property of interaction.
  • Conversation analysis provides valid measures of clinical outcome in communication disorders.
  • Understanding interactional competence is crucial for effective aphasia rehabilitation.