Possible Deficits in an Agreement Mapping System and their Relationship to Human Deficits in Aphasia

Journal of Language and Linguistics
Volume 4 Number 1 2005
ISSN 1475 - 8989

Possible Deficits in an Agreement Mapping System
and their Relationship to Human Deficits in Aphasia

László Drienkó
ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

Drienkó (2004a,b) describes a linguistic model based on generalised agreement properties of linguistic elements. Being a computational system, the model consists of various computational components, whose modification may result in suboptimal or defective functioning of the whole system. In this paper we examine how deficits of the major components of the model can relate to a representative collection of human errors made by aphasic patients.

About the Author

Mr Drienkó works within the theoretical linguistics programme at ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary. At the time of writing this paper he was a guest researcher at UiL-OTS, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Email: dri@axelero.hu