Production and comprehension of wh-questions in German Broca's aphasia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-176

  Neuhaus, Eva ^a   Penke, Martina ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrammatic comprehension; Agrammatic production; Agrammatism; Broca's aphasia; Syntactic deficits; Wh questions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38949150178     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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