The use of direct reported speech by a person with aphasia to construct a narrative

Purpose : to investigate the use of the reported speech by a person with aphasia in a narrative about stroke.Methods : qualitative perspective of analysis based on interactional approaches in linguistics it was used the data generation method called focus group for seek to understand who the participant of this study, an aphasic women, structure your narrative. It was analyzed a video recorded narrative told in a group interaction. For this, the data was transcribed.Results : data analysis showed that the aphasia does not made the participant unable to construct a narrative with all canonical structural elements. Furthermore, the use of reported speech by participant as a resource to deal with the deficit made an engaging narrative and showed people with aphasia may be able to construct narrative in a skilled way.Conclusions : this study provides an interface between health and human sciences, specifically between Speech-language Therapy and Linguistic. The results of investigations are considered innovative and relevant once analyze the use of reported speech from a perspective that conceives the language like a social, interactional and cultural construction.