Exploring wh-questions in agrammatism: Evidence from Greek

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 644-662

  Fyndanis, Valantis ^a   Varlokosta, Spyridoula ^b   Tsapkini, Kyrana ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjunct; Agrammatism; Argument; Greek; Movement; Wh questions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRAMMATISM; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; GREECE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955552932     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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