In this master’s thesis, I analyse the spontaneous speech of two speakers with aphasia, obtained through interviews based on four different types of tasks. The analysis focuses primarily on syntax, lexis and the coherence of their speech. In the syntactic analysis, I examine deviations on the syntagmatic and paradigmatic axes, the complexity of sentence structures, ellipsis and discrepancy. In the lexical analysis, I focus on the degree of informativeness in their speech, the most frequently used word classes and difficulties in lexical retrieval. The analysis also describes some compensatory patterns that speakers use. The aim of the thesis is to demonstrate the importance of linguistic analysis of the speech of persons with aphasia, which can contribute to better therapy planning, and to highlight the significance of a multidisciplinary approach to aphasia, which is not only a clinical phenomenon but also a linguistic one.
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