Sentence processing deficits in two Cantonese aphasic patients

Brain and Language

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 310-342

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Cantonese; Comprehension; Grammaticality judgment; Production; Sentence

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE;

EID: 0034064144     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.2000.2298     Document Type: Article

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