Dialectal variants of verbs in narratives of African Americans with aphasia: Some methodological considerations

Manifestations of Aphasia Symptoms in Different Languages

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 9-26

  Ulatowska, Hanna K ^a   Olness, Gloria Streit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; aphasia; dialect; narratives; verb system

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052916024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9780585474151_003     Document Type: Chapter

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