Comparación de mecanismos de reformulación conversacional en afasia de tipo fluente y no fluente
Comparison of Mechanisms of Conversational Reformulation in Fluent and Non-Fluent Aphasia

Summary/Abstract: Recently, linguistics has been gaining an increasing relevance in clinical contexts due to its efficacy in diagnosing and planning the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, as well as mental and language disorders. This article, positioned within clinical linguistics, examines reformulation mechanisms in individuals with Broca’s (non-fluent) and mixed aphasia with sensitive domain (fluent type of aphasia). Our aim is to identify the motivations and mechanisms used in conversational reformulation and analyse their differences between the two types of aphasia. To this end, we analysed two interviews from the PerLA corpus ―one with an informant with Broca’s aphasia and the other one with an informant with mixed aphasia with sensitive domain. Overall, we identified 24 cases of reformulation activity (12 per type) and we conducted a qualitative analysis. The preliminary results indicate that there are certain differences in the type and the reason for reformulation depending on the type of aphasia. The study provides an insight into the use of reformulation mechanisms in aphasia and highlights their potential role as a compensatory strategy for language deficit. Thus, it aims to better understand the challenges faced by individuals with this disorder.

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