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Marini, Andrea; Galetto, Valentina; Zampieri, Elisa; Vorano, Lorenza; Zettin, Marina; Carlomagno, Sergio – Neuropsychologia, 2011
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often show impaired linguistic and/or narrative abilities. The present study aimed to document the features of narrative discourse impairment in a group of adults with TBI. 14 severe TBI non-aphasic speakers (GCS less than 8) in the phase of neurological stability and 14 neurologically intact participants…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Language Impairments, Narration, Aphasia
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Dell, Gary S.; Oppenheim, Gary M.; Kittredge, Audrey K. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
Retrieving a word in a sentence requires speakers to overcome syntagmatic, as well as paradigmatic interference. When accessing "cat" in "The cat chased the string", not only are similar competitors such as "dog" and "cap" activated, but also other words in the planned sentence, such as "chase" and "string". We hypothesise that both types of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Processing, Inhibition, Vocabulary