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Phonemic Fluency and Rhyme Production in People with Aphasic Word Retrieval Disorders: Sub-Lexical Written Language Skills Matter
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Anja Wunderlich – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: In everyday communication, word retrieval is semantically driven. A similar processing mechanism can be assumed for category fluency tasks. In contrast, in phonemic fluency tasks or rhyme production, the retrieval process must be based on the word form. In phonemic fluency, executive and language functions have been discussed as…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Written Language, Language Skills, Language Processing
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