Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2018.08.002
Abstract: Abstract In factive clausal embedding ([He knows [that it is warm outside]]), the embedded clause is presupposed to be true. In non-factive embedding ([He thinks [that it is warm outside]]) there is no presupposition, and… read more here.
Keywords: counterfactive interpretation; interpretation; lexical syntactic; warm outside ... See more keywords
Infant-directed speech as a simplified but not simple register: a longitudinal study of lexical and syntactic features
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000919000643
Abstract: Abstract Infant-directed speech (IDS) is a specific register that adults use to address infants, and it is characterised by prosodic exaggeration and lexical and syntactic simplification. Several authors have underlined that this simplified speech becomes… read more here.
Keywords: directed speech; lexical syntactic; register; study ... See more keywords
Age-related effects on lexical, but not syntactic, processes during sentence production
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DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2021.1948081
Abstract: ABSTRACT We investigated the effect of healthy ageing on the lexical and syntactic processes involved in sentence production. Young and older adults completed a semantic interference sentence production task: we manipulated whether the target picture… read more here.
Keywords: age; sentence production; lexical syntactic; syntactic processes ... See more keywords