Psych verb production and comprehension in agrammatic Broca's aphasia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-369

  Thompson, Cynthia K ^a   Lee, Miseon ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agrammatic Broca's aphasia; Argument structure; Passive sentence production; Prominence of thematic roles; Psych verbs; Verb production deficits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67349250140     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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