Verb argument structure effects on tense: evidence from aphasia in Greek
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2017/08/0019/000321Keywords:
tense, verb argument structure, aphasia, GreekAbstract
This paper aims to present the findings of a study on tense in Greek-speaking individuals and whether it is affected by verb argument structure. Research evidence has shown that tense is impaired in aphasia but most of the studies concerned testing tense in isolation and not in dynamic contexts and in interaction with other factors. In this study, non-fluent and non-brain-damaged participants were tested on a two-choice sentence completion and a grammaticality judgment task. The results showed a significant difference in tense performance between the two groups but no overall significant effects of verb argument structure. However, there was individual variation within the non-fluent group which could be explained by the severity of aphasia, a processing or a tense deficit.
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