Comprehension of wh-questions and declarative sentences in agrammatic aphasia: The set partition hypothesis

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-399

  Salis, Christos ^a   Edwards, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrammatism; Aphasia; Comprehension; Declaratives; Set partition; Wh questions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRAMMATIC APHASIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 48949120124     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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