Semantic influences on thematic role assignment: Evidence from normals and aphasics

Brain and Language

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-297

  Saffran, Eleanor M ^a   Schwartz, Myrna F ^a,b   Linebarger, Marcia C ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Unisys   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031749649     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1918     Document Type: Article

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