Formal features in aphasia: Tense, agreement, and mood in English agrammatism

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 436-450

  Clahsen, Harald ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrammatism; Agreement; Aphasia; English; Mood; Tense; Verb finiteness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67649647646     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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