Theoretical perspectives on language deficits /

This critical history of research on acquired language deficits (aphasias) demonstrates the usefulness of linguistic analysis of aphasic syndrome for neuropsychology, linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Drawing on new empirical studies, Grodzinsky concludes that the use of grammatical tools for the...

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Autore principale: Grodzinsky, Yosef
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1990.
©1990
Serie:Issues in the biology of language and cognition.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=49211
Sommario:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The linguistic framework
  • 3. The formal description of agrammatism
  • 4. Neurological constraints on linguistic theories
  • 5. Neuropsychological clues concerning the modularity of language
  • 6. Language acquisition and language breakdown: a reappraisal.