Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-dnltx Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-17T22:17:57.027Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Not so fast: Domain-general factors can account for selective deficits in grammatical processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Elizabeth Bates ,
Frederic Dick  and
Beverly Wulfeck
Elizabeth Bates
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0526 bates@crl.ucsd.edufdick@crl.ucsd.edu crl.ucsd.edu/~bates/
Frederic Dick
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0526 bates@crl.ucsd.edufdick@crl.ucsd.edu crl.ucsd.edu/~bates/
Beverly Wulfeck
Affiliation:
Department of Communicative Disorders, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1518 wulfeck@crl.ucsd.edu www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chhs/cd/wulfeck.html
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Normals display selective deficits in morphology and syntax under adverse processing conditions. Digit loads do not impair processing of passives and object relatives but do impair processing of grammatical morphemes. Perceptual degradation and temporal compression selectively impair several aspects of grammar, including passives and object relatives. Hence we replicate Caplan & Waters's specific findings but reach opposite conclusions, based on wider evidence.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 96 - 97
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)