Using PRISM to profile semantic ability in Greek

Authors

  • Fani Nasika School of Allied Health Professions, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Author
  • Katerina Afantenou School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Author
  • Georgia Kremmyda School of Health, Aegean College, Greece Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2017/08/0020/000322

Keywords:

PRISM, semantic analysis, development, profile, Greek

Abstract

This paper aims to show how PRISM-L and PRISM-G (Crystal, 1992) can be used to profile semantic ability or difficulties in Greek speakers. The two profiles were used for the analysis of three samples provided by one adult participant with aphasia and two normally developing children of 4;8 and 6;8 years old, respectively. The profiling procedure showed that PRISM can provided specific information regarding the range of the lexicon of an individual as well as details about the semantic analysis of their sentences. Based on PRISM, one can see the developmental course of a child and identify areas of clinical interest for further development or locate specific semantic difficulties at word and sentence level in adults with language impairments.

References

Crystal, D. 1992. Profiling linguistic disability. London, Whurr Publishers.

Stavrakaki, S., Okalidou, A. 2016. Gr-LARSP: Towards a Greek version of LARSP. In Fletcher, P., Ball, M. J., Crystal, D. (eds.) 2016, Profiling Grammar: More Languages of LARSP. Multilingual Matters.

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Published

01-01-2017

How to Cite

Using PRISM to profile semantic ability in Greek. (2017). Linguistic Proceedings Series, 8(1), 77-80. https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2017/08/0020/000322

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