Asyntactic thematic role assignment by Mandarin aphasics: A test of the Trace-Deletion Hypothesis and the Double Dependency Hypothesis

Brain and Language

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Su, Yi ching ^a   Lee, Shu er ^b   Chung, Yuh mei ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agrammatism; Aphasia; Comprehension; Double Dependency Hypothesis; Mandarin Chinese; Trace Deletion Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE DEPENDENCY HYPOTHESIS; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; TRACE DELETION HYPOTHESIS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947631459     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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