Measuring pragmatic competence of discourse output among Chinese-speaking individuals with traumatic brain injury.

Anthony Pak-Hin KongDustin Kai-Yan LauDaisy Ho-Ying Lai

Published in: Brain impairment : a multidisciplinary journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (2023)

Applying Gricean maxims in monologic oral narratives could capture the hallmark underlying pragmatic problems in TBI. This may help provide an additional approach of clinically assessing social communications in and subsequent management of TBI.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
mental health
study protocol
severe traumatic brain injury
healthcare
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
mild traumatic brain injury