Semantic verbal fluency in two contrasting languages

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-445

  Pekkala, Seija ^a   Goral, Mira ^b,c,d   Hyun, JungMoon ^b,c   Obler, Loraine K ^b,c,e   Erkinjuntti, Timo ^a   Albert, Martin L ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross language; Culture; Language; Older adults; Semantic verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECALL; SPEECH;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 67849102094     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200902839800     Document Type: Article

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