Contextual influences in aphasia: Effects of predictive versus nonpredictive narratives Article

Hough, MS, Pierce, RS, Cannito, MP. (1989). Contextual influences in aphasia: Effects of predictive versus nonpredictive narratives . BRAIN AND LANGUAGE, 36(2), 325-334. 10.1016/0093-934X(89)90069-2

cited authors

  • Hough, MS; Pierce, RS; Cannito, MP

authors

abstract

  • The influence of prior linguistic predictive and nonpredictive context on the comprehension of reversible passive sentences was investigated in 16 adults with aphasia. Eight subjects were classified as fluent and 8 as nonfluent. Subjects were presented with the sentences in isolation and preceded by nonpredictive and predictive contextual paragraphs. The overall results indicated that the subjects benefited significantly from the prior contextual narratives regardless of whether the paragraphs were predictive or nonpredictive. There were no significant differences between the two subject groups. The significant facilitation generated by the nonpredictive context suggests that redundancy of information may play a role in comprehension. © 1989.

publication date

  • January 1, 1989

published in

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start page

  • 325

end page

  • 334

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 2