Main description:

Contemporary and Emergent Theories of Agrammatism provides an in-depth review of the previous five decades of research on agrammatism focusing specifically on work which has been informed by linguistic theory. The final chapters reflect the recent turning point in the conceptualization of the underlying causes of the impairments agrammatic individuals present with.

The book includes chapters on

impairments to grammatical morphemes

the tree pruning and trace deletion hypotheses

verb deficits in sentences, and as single words

generalized minimality

adaptation theory and slow syntax

the involvement of discourse

To facilitate student reading the writing is clear and accessible, and the book includes a glossary of unfamiliar terms.

Contemporary and Emergent Theories of Agrammatism will be of great interest to advanced students and researchers in areas such as psychology of language, linguistics, neurolinguistics, aphasiology and speech and language therapy.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Agrammatic Broca's aphasia: an introduction

Chapter 2 The grammatical morphemes deficit

Chapter 3 Verbs and their impairments in sentences and single words

Chapter 4 The tree pruning hypothesis and beyond

Chapter 5 The saga of the trace deletion hypothesis

Chapter 6 Beyond the TDH and TPH: Generalized Minimality

Chapter 7 Agrammatism and discourse

Chapter 8 Time based accounts of agrammatic production and comprehension

Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions