Processing Genericity by Healthy Adults and Patients with Aphasia

Student: Bujvolova Olga

Supervisor: Anastasiya Lopukhina

Educational Programme: Language Theory and Computational Linguistics (Master)

Final Grade: 10

Year of Graduation: 2017

Sensitivity to generic-nongeneric distinction seems crucial for everyday speech. To interpret an utterance generically or non-generically English speakers rely on three types of cues – morphosyntactic , contextual and world knowledge. However, we still do not know whether and to what extent this competence is preserved in linguistically impaired population. Moreover, it is interesting what types of cues play more important role in articleless language, as Russian is.

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