Sentence comprehension in Cantonese Chinese aphasic patients

Aphasiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-63

  Law, Sam Po ^a   Leung, Man Tak ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031964805     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687039808249443     Document Type: Article

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