The mental representation of Verb-Noun compounds in Italian: Evidence from a multiple single-case study in aphasia

Brain and Language

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 470-477

  Mondini, Sara ^a,b   Luzzatti, Claudio ^c,d   Zonca, Giusy ^d   Pistarini, Caterina ^d   Semenza, Carlo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Figlie di San Camillo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Compounds; Decomposition; Dual route; Noun Verb dissociation

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; APHASIA, WERNICKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2542459214     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00458-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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