Dickey, Michael Walsh and McNeil, Malcolm and Fassbinder, Wiltrud and Pratt, Sheila and Kendall, Diane and Krieger, Donald and Kim, Kyuoung Yuel and Kim, Ae-Lee and Szuminsky, Neil and Pompon, Rebecca Hunting (2011) Varieties of linguistic complexity in a standardized assessment of language performance. [Clinical Aphasiology Paper]
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Abstract
This study examined the comprehension of linguistically complex sentences among unimpaired adults and adults with aphasia. Participants completed a self-paced reading version of the Computerized Revised Token Test (CRTT-R) containing passive sentences, sentences with adverbial clauses, and sentences with discontinuous adjective-noun dependencies. Off-line measures revealed clear effects of linguistic complexity for passive and discontinuous-dependency sentences, with more complex sentences eliciting lower scores for impaired and aphasic groups, but not for sentences with adverbial clauses. In contrast, on-line measures revealed the opposite pattern: less complex sentences elicited slower reading times. Off-line measures appear more sensitive to linguistic complexity in this task.
| Item Type: | Clinical Aphasiology Paper |
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| Depositing User: | Bingmei Yan |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2011 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2016 15:13 |
| Conference: | Clinical Aphasiology Conference > Clinical Aphasiology Conference (2011 : 41st : Fort Lauderdale, FL : May 31-June 4, 2011) |
| URI: | http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2303 |
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