LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 8 August 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Speed of Processing in Adults Comparison across Grammatical Category

Deepa N Devadiga, MASLP, Radish Kumar B, M.Sc.,
Jayashree S. Bhat, Ph.D., and Livingston Sengolraj, UG Student

Introduction

Lexical items are alienated into different word classes, such as nouns and verbs, as they play different semantic and syntactic roles in language. They are responded to differentially by language users in behavioural tasks. Nouns and verbs are retrieved by different neural networks thereby honouring an organizational principle (Damasio and Tranel, 1993).

Evidences for the Differential Lexical Organizations

A major line of evidence for the differential lexical organization of verbs from nouns has primarily come from the grammatical class - specific impairments resulting from brain damage. Earlier in 1961, Fillenbaum, Jones, and Wepman reported verb production impairments in Broca’s aphasia followed by an overwhelming number of case studies reporting either selective noun or verb retrieval deficits (Shapiro, Shelton, & Caramazza, 2000; Laiacona & Caramazza, 2004).

The second evidence for the noun-verb difference comes from developmental studies. For instance, the vocabulary of very young children includes mainly nouns, compared to verbs that are present in a very limited number (Gentner, 1982).

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Deepa N Devadiga, Masters in Audiology & Speech Language Pathology
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Lecturer
Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology
Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University)
Mangalore-575001
Karnataka, India
deepa.n@manipal.edu

Radish Kumar B, M.Sc. Speech Language Pathology
Assistant Professor
Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology
Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University)
Mangalore-575001
Karnataka, India
radheesh_b@yahoo.co.in

Jayashree S. Bhat, Ph.D. Speech & Hearing., M.A. Psychology
Professor & Head
Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology
Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University)
Mangalore-575001
Karnataka, India
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Livingston Sengolraj
Undergraduate student
Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology
Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University)
Mangalore-575001
Karnataka, India
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