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Discourse Macrolinguistic Impairment as a Marker of Linguistic and Extralinguistic Functions Decline in Early Alzheimer's Disease
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Pistono, Aurélie; Jucla, M.; Bézy, C.; Lemesle, B.; Le Men, J.; Pariente, J. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: Alzheimer's disease is characterized by macrolinguistic changes. This decline is often analyzed with quantitative scales. Aims: To analyze discourse production in early Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to identify qualitative markers of macrolinguistic decline. Methods & Procedures: We analyzed macrolinguistic features of a clinical…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Identification
Non-Word Repetition in Spanish-Speaking Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
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Girbau, Dolors; Schwartz, Richard G. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: A number of previous studies have revealed that children with Specific Language Impairment have limitations in Phonological Working Memory as revealed by a task that requires them to repeat non-words of increasing syllable length. However, most published studies have used non-words that are phonotactically English. Aims: The purpose…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Memory, Syllables, Spanish Speaking