Proper names and noun-to-determiner movement in aphasia: a case study.
Proper names (PN) have properties that are different from those of common names (CN) and as such underlie different syntactic rules. According to one of these rule, in many languages, PN, unlike CN, do not take the determiner. It has been suggested that this happens because PN move themselves from noun position to determiner position. The present study addressed the question of whether noun to determiner movement should be just considered a formal description or rather reflects actual processing. A single aphasia case study and a group study on Alzheimer's patients provide experimental support to the view that movement from nominal to determiner position reflects some psychological computation.
Semenza
Carlo
C
Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Italy. grana@psico.univ.trieste.it
Granà
Alessia
A
Cocolo
Romina
R
Longobardi
Giuseppe
G
Di Benedetto
Paolo
P
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications*; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009275:Names; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests