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Jensen, Angela M.; Chenery, Helen J.; Copland, David A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
The lexical-semantic and syntactic abilities of a group of individuals with chronic nonthalamic subcortical (NS) lesions following stroke (n=6) were investigated using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) picture description task [Kertesz, A. (1982). "The Western aphasia battery." New York: Grune and Stratton] and compared with those of a…
Descriptors: Diseases, Aphasia, Semantics, Syntax
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Plante, Elena; Gomez, Rebecca; Gerken, LouAnn – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2002
Sixteen adults with language/learning disabilities (L/LD) and 16 controls participated in a study testing sensitivity to word order cues that signaled grammatical versus ungrammatical word strings belonging to an artificial grammar. Participants with L/LD performed significantly below the comparison group, suggesting that this skill is problematic…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Disorders, Cues, Grammar
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Grela, Bernard G. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2003
The language transcripts of seven children with Down syndrome (DS) and seven typically developing children with comparable mean length of utterance levels were compared for verb argument structure. Findings suggest that syntactic difficulties may delay children with DS in overcoming the optional subject phenomena and the lesser number of anomalous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Down Syndrome, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education