2. Describing and Comparing Languages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of Figures xi
4. List of Excerpts xiii
5. Abbreviations and Conventions xv
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. Foreword by Michel Paradis xix
8. 1. Introduction 1
9. 2. Describing and Comparing Languages 12
10. 3. Basic Properties of Agrammatic Narratives 41
11. 4. The Grammar of Connected Agrammatic Speech 71
12. 5. Speech, Writing, and Oral Reading 117
13. 6. Bilingual and Polyglot Aphasia 132
14. 7. Inventing Therapy for Aphasia 144
15. Appendices
16. Appendix A. Foreign Accents (Non-native Phonetics) and Dysarthria 156
17. Appendix B. Language Families 159
18. Appendix C. Clinical Resources 168
19. Clinical Glossary 172
20. Linguistic Glossary 176
21. References 202