Inflection in Williams Syndrome

Stavrakaki, Stavroula; Clahsen, Harald

doi:10.1075/ml.4.2.03sta

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“…Tsapkini et al (2001Tsapkini et al ( , 2002aTsapkini et al ( , 2002b tested aphasic patients; Terzi et al (2005) patients with Parkinson's disease; Varlokosta et al (2008) and Stavrakaki and Clahsen (2009b) children with Williams Syndrome; and Stathopoulou and Clahsen (2009) adolescents with Down Syndrome. Whilst a detailed review of these studies goes beyond the scope of the present article, it should be noted that several of the abovementioned studies obtained contrasts between sigmatic and non-sigmatic past-tense forms in their participants' performance.…”

Section: Previous Studies On the Greek Perfective Past Tensementioning

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The perfective past tense in Greek as a second language

Clahsen

Μαρτζούκου²,

Stavrakaki³

2010

Second Language Research

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This study reports results from four experiments investigating the perfective past tense of Greek in adult second language (L2) learners. The data come from L2 learners of Greek with intermediate to advanced L2 proficiency and different native language (L1) backgrounds, and L1 speakers of Greek. All participants were tested in both oral and written elicited production and acceptability judgment tasks on both existing and novel verb stimuli. The results showed that the L2 learners did not achieve native-like performance on the perfective past tense in Greek, even at an advanced level of proficiency. The L2 learners often chose verb forms that did not encode the perfective past tense. Differences to native speakers were found particularly for non-sigmatic verb forms, which contain morphological irregularities in the target language. The results of the four experiments will be discussed in the light of previous findings and accounts of inflectional morphology in adult L2 learners. Taken together, the results suggest that L2 learners rely more on stored inflected word forms and on associative generalizations than native speakers.

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Section: Previous Studies On the Greek Perfective Past Tensementioning

confidence: 97%

The perfective past tense in Greek as a second language

Clahsen

Μαρτζούκου²,

Stavrakaki³

2010

Second Language Research

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“…All participants underwent the following linguistic tasks that focus on the morphosyntactic deficiencies of PwMS: Morphology: The Perfective Past Tense Test (PPTT) [ 33 ] was used to detect possible morphologic deficits. Specifically, the existing verbs subpart was employed for this study.…”

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“…Morphology: The Perfective Past Tense Test (PPTT) [ 33 ] was used to detect possible morphologic deficits. Specifically, the existing verbs subpart was employed for this study.…”

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Morphosyntactic Abilities and Cognitive Performance in Multiple Sclerosis

Grigoriadis,

Bakirtzis,

Nteli

et al. 2024

Brain Sciences

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While cognitive abilities in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) have been studied in detail, little is known about linguistic abilities in PwMS and their relation to cognitive impairment. In this cross-sectional explorative study, we aim to investigate the morphosyntactic abilities of PwMS alongside their cognitive performance. Furthermore, we explore the effect of clinical factors, namely, the disease duration and MS type, on the linguistic and cognitive performance of PwMS. By so doing, we aim to shed light on neurocognitive and clinical correlates of linguistic performance in PwMS. We included 78 patients and 78 age-, sex- and education-matched healthy individuals. All participants were additionally administered the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) battery, a verbal short-term memory task (non-word repetition) and questionnaires about mood, fatigue and quality of life. In addition, they underwent examinations with morphology and syntax tasks. PwMS were found to be impaired in morphology (past tense) and selectively impaired in syntax alongside cognitive impairments. Disease duration had the main impact on cognitive abilities. The MS type selectively impacted linguistic abilities, as shown by the remarkably deficient performance of the MS individuals with the progressive disease subtype. Linguistic impairments were predicted by only one measure of the BICAM test, namely, the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), a measure of cognitive processing speed. Overall, this study contributes to the better understanding of the linguistic profile of PwMS by reporting selective deficits in their morphological and syntactical abilities. Furthermore, it provides insights into the clinical and cognitive correlates of linguistic performance. By so doing, it suggests clinical implications for the development of intervention programs for PwMS.

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