A theoretical account of lexical and semantic naming deficits in bilingual aphasia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine premorbid language proficiency and lexical and semantic processing deficits in bilingual aphasia and develop a theoretical account of bilingual language processing.

Method

Nineteen Spanish-English patients with bilingual aphasia completed a language use questionnaire (LUQ) and were administered Spanish and English standardized language assessments. The authors analyzed the data to (a) identify patterns of lexical and semantic processing deficits and conceptualize a theoretical framework that accounts for language deficits, (b) determine LUQ measures that predict poststroke language deficits, and (c) evaluate the relationship between predictive LUQ measures and poststroke language deficits in order to identify impairment patter

SUBMITTER: Gray T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3740041 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature