A Compendium of Core Lexicon Checklists

Abstract

Core Lexicon (CoreLex) is a relatively new approach assessing lexical use in discourse. CoreLex examines the specific lexical items used to tell a story, or how typical lexical items are compared with a normative sample. This method has great potential for clinical utilization because CoreLex measures are fast, easy to administer, and correlate with microlinguistic and macrolinguistic discourse measures. The purpose of this article is to provide clinicians with a centralized resource for currently available CoreLex checklists, including information regarding development, norms, and guidelines for use.

Keywords

discourse - aphasia - Core Lexicon

Financial Disclosures

S.G.H.D. receives a salary from Marquette University. She has no other financial or nonfinancial disclosures.

H.K. receives a graduate assistantship from East Carolina University. She has no other financial or nonfinancial disclosures.

J.D.R. receives a salary from the University of New Mexico and grant support through an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant number P20GM109089. She also serves as co-chair of the Research Committee at the Triangle Aphasia Project.

H.H.W. receives a salary from East Carolina University. She has no other financial or nonfinancial disclosures.

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