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Production and comprehension of wh-questions in German Broca's aphasia
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Neuhaus, Eva M. Penke, Martina |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Current proposals suggest that agrammatic speakers have severe deficits in producing and understanding wh-questions. Whereas the CP layer is assumed to be pruned such that wh-questions can no longer be produced, for comprehension it has been suggested that the agrammatic deficit leads to a deletion of movement traces in syntactically derived sentences. We present data from three experiments testing the production and comprehension of wh-questions in nine German agrammatic Broca's aphasics. In an elicitation and a repetition task we find that complete and grammatical wh-questions can be produced by German agrammatic aphasics, thus indicating that the CP layer can still be projected. The results of a picture-pointing task show, however, that deficits in the comprehension of wh-questions (who and which N questions) are common. A closer analysis reveals a variety of error patterns in our subjects. The additive effects that non-canonical word order and the discourse-linking of a referential NP (which N) exert on the comprehension performance of our subjects cannot be captured by current syntactic deficit accounts on agrammatism. |
| Starting Page | 150 |
| Ending Page | 176 |
| Page Count | 27 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2007.05.001 |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S0911604407000395 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0911604407000395?dgcid=api_sd_search-api-endpoint |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2007.05.001 |
| Journal | Journal of Neurolinguistics |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
