JSLHR
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Vol.46 341-352 April 2003. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2003/027)
© American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow My Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kavé, G.
Right arrow Articles by Levy, Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kavé, G.
Right arrow Articles by Levy, Y.

Morphology in Picture Descriptions Provided by Persons With Alzheimer's Disease

Gitit Kavé 1
Yonata Levy 1
1 The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel

gkave{at}012.net.il

The language of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been characterized by semantic-conceptual deterioration versus structural preservation, yet the research has not examined possible differentiation between syntactic and morphological knowledge. Taking advantage of the rich morphology of Hebrew, the current paper looks at these two aspects of grammatical knowledge in descriptions of the Cookie Theft picture. Speech samples were collected from 14 persons with AD and 48 elderly control participants and analyzed for semantic, syntactic, and morphological knowledge or difficulties. Analyses showed that although persons with AD conveyed less information and made more semantic errors than did control participants, their language remained structurally rich. Persons with AD used the same syntactic structures and the same morphological forms as control participants and made very few structural errors.

KEY WORDS: Alzheimer's disease, spontaneous speech, morphology, Hebrew

Submitted on May 15, 2002
Accepted on November 18, 2002






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
All ASHA Journals AJA AJSLP JSLHR LSHSS
Copyright © 2003 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.