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Mazumdar, Barnali; Donovan, Neila J.; Sultana, Asifa – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2020
Background: A comprehensive aphasia assessment is necessary to diagnose the type and severity of aphasia differentially and guide appropriate interventions. One component of an aphasia assessment is the picture description task (PDT), designed to probe spontaneous speech fluency and information content. Most aphasia assessments use black-and-white…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Communication Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Pictorial Stimuli
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Faroqi-Shah, Yasmeen; Gehman, Megan – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: When speakers retrieve words, they do so extremely quickly and accurately--both speed and accuracy of word retrieval are compromised in persons with aphasia (PWA). This study examined the contribution of two domain-general mechanisms: processing speed and cognitive control on word retrieval in PWA. Method: Three groups of participants,…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Processing, Cognitive Processes, Age Differences
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Kambanaros, Maria – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This study reports on the pattern of performance on spoken and written naming, spelling to dictation, and oral reading of single verbs and nouns in a bilingual speaker with aphasia in two first languages that differ in morphological complexity, orthographic transparency, and script: Greek (L1a) and English (L1b). The results reveal no verb/noun…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Aphasia, Bilingualism
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Kumar, Suman; Kumar, Prashant; Kumari, Punam – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013
Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language. It is the state language of West Bengal and Tripura and also spoken in some parts of Assam. Bangla is the official language of Bangladesh. With nearly 230 million speakers (Wikipedia 2010), Bangla is one of the most spoken language in the world. Bangla language is the most commonly used language in West…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Indo European Languages, Language Tests, Auditory Perception
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Jefferies, Elizabeth; Rogers, Timothy T.; Hopper, Samantha; Lambon Ralph, Matthew A. – Neuropsychologia, 2010
Patients with semantic dementia show a specific pattern of impairment on both verbal and non-verbal "pre-semantic" tasks, e.g., reading aloud, past tense generation, spelling to dictation, lexical decision, object decision, colour decision and delayed picture copying. All seven tasks are characterised by poorer performance for items that are…
Descriptors: Semantics, Dementia, Aphasia, Patients
Tzavaras, A.; Goldblum, Marie-Claire – Langages, 1972
Special issue devoted to neurolinguistics and neuropsychology. (VM)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Color, Language Handicaps, Language Research
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Wiig, Elisabeth H.; Bliss, Lynn S. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Aphasia, Behavior Patterns, Color, Language Handicaps