Locative prepositions in language acquisition and aphasia

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPrepositions in their Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Context
EditorsSusanne Feigenbaum, Dennis Kurzon
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages283-297
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9789027297204
ISBN (Print)9789027229564, 9781588111722
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

Keywords

  • LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

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