The processing of compound words: a study in aphasia

Brain and Language
M Delazer, Carlo Semenza

Abstract

The naming difficulties of an aphasic patient (MB) are almost exclusively confined to compound words. The paraphasias in response to compounds always reflect the compound structure of the targets. Frequent semantically adequate substitution errors suggest the separate processing of single components at the lemma level. MB's specific difficulties probably arise when two lemmas are defined by one lexical entry, as we suggest for compounds. The compound structure, as well as the positions of the single lemmas within the compound, would be specified before lemmas are accessed. The lack of a positional effect in substitution errors suggests a parallel activation of the two components.

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Oct 8, 2011·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology·Carlo SemenzaValentina Chiarelli
May 29, 2015·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology : QJEP·Naomi K CaselliAriel M Cohen-Goldberg
Nov 7, 1999·Brain and Language·S AvrutinJ Greene
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Mar 16, 2000·Brain and Language·C Semenza
May 3, 2014·Cognitive Neuropsychology·Carlo Semenza, Claudio Luzzatti
Feb 7, 2014·Cognitive Neuropsychology·Antje Lorenz, Pienie Zwitserlood

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