Identifying Long Lived Social Communities Using Structural Properties

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 93-98

Author(s):

Lynn E. Fox

Keyword(s):

Clinical Outcomes ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Interaction Models ◽

Social Communities ◽

Wernicke's Aphasia ◽

Communication Challenges ◽

Therapeutic Consideration ◽

Patterns Of Interaction ◽

Structural Language

Abstract Linguistic interaction models suggest that interrelationships arise between structural language components and between structural and pragmatic components when language is used in social contexts. The linguist, David Crystal (1986, 1987), has proposed that these relationships are central, not peripheral, to achieving desired clinical outcomes. For individuals with severe communication challenges, erratic or unpredictable relationships between structural and pragmatic components can result in atypical patterns of interaction between them and members of their social communities, which may create a perception of disablement. This paper presents a case study of a woman with fluent, Wernicke's aphasia that illustrates how attention to patterns of linguistic interaction may enhance AAC intervention for adults with aphasia.

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Geometric structural properties of bonded layers of chemically modified silicas

Journal of Chromatography A ◽

10.1016/s0021-9673(01)91460-8 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 447 (3) ◽

pp. 103-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A Fadeev

Keyword(s):

Structural Properties ◽

Chemically Modified ◽

Chemically Modified Silicas

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Electronic, vibrational and structural properties of alkali halide clusters

Physica B Condensed Matter ◽

10.1016/s0921-4526(84)92608-5 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 127 (1-3) ◽

pp. 214-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

T MARTIN

Keyword(s):

Structural Properties ◽

Alkali Halide

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Newborn's Preference for Faces

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040.1.3.200 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 200-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Carlo Umiltà ◽

Francesca Simion ◽

Eloisa Valenza

Keyword(s):

Visual System ◽

Structural Properties ◽

Sensory Properties ◽

Human Face ◽

System Experiment ◽

Face Experiment

Four experiments were aimed at elucidating some aspects of the preference for facelike patterns in newborns. Experiment 1 showed a preference for a stimulus whose components were located in the correct arrangement for a human face. Experiment 2 showed a preference for stimuli that had optimal sensory properties for the newborn visual system. Experiment 3 showed that babies directed their attention to a facelike pattern even when it was presented simultaneously with a non-facelike stimulus with optimal sensory properties. Experiment 4 showed the preference for facelike patterns in the temporal hemifield but not in the nasal hemifield. It was concluded that newborns' preference for facelike patterns reflects the activity of a subcortical system which is sensitive to the structural properties of the stimulus.

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