Functional categories in agrammatism: evidence from Greek.
The aim of this study is twofold. First, to investigate the use of functional categories by two Greek agrammatic aphasics. Second, to discuss the implications of our findings for the characterization of the deficit in agrammatism. The functional categories under investigation were the following: definite and indefinite articles, personal pronouns, aspect, tense, subject-verb agreement, wh-pronouns, complementizers and the mood marker na (=to). Based on data collected through different methods, it is argued that the deficit in agrammatism cannot be described in terms of a structural account but rather by means of difficulties in the implementation of grammatical knowledge.
Stavrakaki
Stavroula
S
Department of Psychology, University of Crete, 74100 Rethimno Crete, Greece. svoula@enl.auth.gr
Kouvava
Sofia
S
D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D013067:Speech Perception