Pronoun comprehension in aphasia: a comparison of three languages. Export

@article{citeulike:252314, abstract = {The research reported here investigated the effect of phonological and syntactic factors on the processing of pronouns by aphasics. The comprehension of these "closed-class" elements was studied in three different languages: French, Dutch, and German. The cross-linguistic design made it possible to vary phonological status (clitic/nonclitic) and phrasal category (noun phrase/prepositional phrase) as well as grammatical relation (direct/indirect object) while keeping class membership (closed class) and meaning constant. A sentence-picture matching task was given to 20 German-speaking, 16 Dutch-speaking, and 14 French-speaking aphasics, half of each language group being classified as agrammatic Broca's and half as paragrammatic Wernicke's aphasics. The results suggest that Broca's aphasics' limitations in retrieving pronouns, and therefore other closed-class elements, are not a function of either phonological status, phrasal category, or grammatical relation. These subjects' observed high level of performance on pronouns in language comprehension appears due to the kind of semantic and syntactic information they encode. Our findings indicate that a more refined distinction than closed class vs. open class is necessary.}, address = {Institut f\"{u}r Psychologie, Freie Universit\"{a}t Berlin, Germany.}, author = {Friederici, A. D. and Weissenborn, J. and Kail, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {252314}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1933261}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=1933261}, issn = {0093-934X}, journal = {Brain Lang}, keywords = {aphasia, brocas, comprehension, dutch, french, german, patients, semantics, syntax, wernickes}, month = {August}, number = {2}, pages = {289--310}, posted-at = {2005-07-12 19:55:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Pronoun comprehension in aphasia: a comparison of three languages.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1933261}, volume = {41}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:252314 L3 - citeulike-article-id:252314 N2 - The research reported here investigated the effect of phonological and syntactic factors on the processing of pronouns by aphasics. The comprehension of these "closed-class" elements was studied in three different languages: French, Dutch, and German. The cross-linguistic design made it possible to vary phonological status (clitic/nonclitic) and phrasal category (noun phrase/prepositional phrase) as well as grammatical relation (direct/indirect object) while keeping class membership (closed class) and meaning constant. A sentence-picture matching task was given to 20 German-speaking, 16 Dutch-speaking, and 14 French-speaking aphasics, half of each language group being classified as agrammatic Broca's and half as paragrammatic Wernicke's aphasics. The results suggest that Broca's aphasics' limitations in retrieving pronouns, and therefore other closed-class elements, are not a function of either phonological status, phrasal category, or grammatical relation. These subjects' observed high level of performance on pronouns in language comprehension appears due to the kind of semantic and syntactic information they encode. Our findings indicate that a more refined distinction than closed class vs. open class is necessary. IS - 2 JF - Brain Lang SN - 0093-934X AD - Institut für Psychologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. EP - 310 TI - Pronoun comprehension in aphasia: a comparison of three languages. VL - 41 SP - 289 KW - aphasia KW - brocas KW - comprehension KW - dutch KW - french KW - german KW - patients KW - semantics KW - syntax KW - wernickes AU - Friederici, AD AU - Weissenborn, J AU - Kail, M PY - 1991/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1933261 ER -