On nouns, verbs, lexemes, and lemmas: Evidence from the spontaneous speech of seven aphasic patients

Aphasiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-92

  Crepaldi, Davide ^a   Ingignoli, Chiara ^a   Verga, Ruggero ^b   Contardi, Antonella ^c   Semenza, Carlo ^d,e   Luzzatti, Claudio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Salvini General Hospital   (Italy)

^c Scientific Institute of Montescano   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grammatical class; Lemma; Lexeme; Lexical diversity; Noun verb dissociation; Spontaneous speech; Stem; Token; Type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; NARRATIVE; SPEECH;

EID: 78651515197     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687031003637114     Document Type: Article

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