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Asyntactic Thematic Role Assignment by Mandarin Aphasics: A Test of the Trace-Deletion Hypothesis and the Double Dependency Hypothesis
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Su, Yi-ching.; Lee, Shu-er; Chung, Yuh-mei – Brain and Language, 2007
This study examines the comprehension patterns of various sentence types by Mandarin-speaking aphasic patients and evaluates the validity of the predictions from the Trace-Deletion Hypothesis (TDH) and the Double Dependency Hypothesis (DDH). Like English, the canonical word order in Mandarin is SVO, but the two languages differ in that the head…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Patients, Syntax, Mandarin Chinese
Reference Assignment: Using Language Breakdown to Choose between Theoretical Approaches
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Ruigendijk, Esther; Vasic, Nada; Avrutin, Sergey – Brain and Language, 2006
We report results of an experimental study with Dutch agrammatic aphasics that investigated their ability to interpret pronominal elements in transitive clauses and Exceptional Case Marking constructions (ECM). Using the obtained experimental results as a tool, we distinguish between three competing linguistic theories that aim at determining…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Linguistic Theory, Aphasia, Interpretive Skills