Describing the experience of aphasia rehabilitation through metaphor
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Psychology Press
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Psychology and Social Science
RAS ID
10343
Abstract
Background: Previous research into metaphoric expression has suggested that metaphor offers a window into intra-individual conceptions as well as into socio-cultural understandings of illness and recovery. This study explored how people with aphasia, their family members, and their speech-language pathologists described their experiences of rehabilitation through the linguistic resource of metaphor. Aims: This study aimed to compare the perspectives of five people with aphasia, five of their family members, and their eight treating speech-language pathologists by analysing the way they used the linguistic resource of metaphor to describe their experience of aphasia therapy. Methods & Procedures: Interviews with five people with aphasia, five of their family members, and their eight speech-language pathologists were recorded, transcribed, and coded for metaphoric expressions and concepts. Outcomes & Results: Quantitatively across all participants, the metaphorical concepts of JOURNEY, BATTLE, and PRODUCT were the most frequently used metaphoric
DOI
10.1080/02687030903438508
Comments
Ferguson, A., Worrall, L., Davidson, B., Hersh, D. J., Howe, T., & Sherratt, S. (2010). Describing the experience of aphasia rehabilitation through metaphor. Aphasiology, 24(6-8), 685-696. Available here