Treating verbs in aphasia: Exploring the impact of therapy at the single word and sentence levels

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 619-636

  Webster, Janet ^a   Whitworth, Anne ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aphasia therapy; sentence production; verb retrieval

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH THERAPY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

APHASIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84868325331     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00174.x     Document Type: Review

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