Effects of syntactic complexity, semantic reversibility, and explicitness on discourse comprehension in persons with aphasia and in healthy controls

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Levy, Joshua ^a,b,c   Hoover, Elizabeth ^b   Waters, Gloria ^b   Kiran, Swathi ^c   Caplan, David ^b,c   Berardino, Alex ^b   Sandberg, Chaleece ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Discourse analysis; Functional communication assessment; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860645156     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0104)     Document Type: Article

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