Abstract
Leikin's (1996) model of the system of locative meanings expressed by prepositions in Russian, constructed as an inclusional hierarchy of semantic distinctive features, is applied to a comparative analysis of prepositional substitutions found in Leikin's previous studies of two populations, normally developing preschool children & adult aphasic patients (N = 88 & 46 respectively). Both groups performed tasks of spatial manipulation in verbal & nonverbal contexts & verbal tasks of repetition, comprehension, & naming that involved prepositions denoting six types of locative relationship & corresponding to English in, on, under, above, in front of, & behind. Results show that the acquisition of prepositions continues for a considerable portion of childhood after their initial appearance & that a degree of adult linguistic competence in this area is preserved in aphasia, as patients' errors did not conform to a regression to childhood linguistic competence
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Prepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context |
Editors | Susanne Feigenbaum, Dennis Kurzon |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 283-297 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027297204 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789027229564, 9781588111722 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS