Martin, Randi C.2009-06-032009-06-031990Yaffee, Laura Shoifet. "Aphasic patients' comprehension and production: Contrasting function words and content words." (1990) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13483">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13483</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13483This study investigates the function word deficits in aphasic patients and, in particular, agrammatic Broca's aphasics. Several explanations for the function word problem are addressed including a function word vocabulary deficit theory, a general syntactic deficit theory, and an abstract word deficit theory. Subjects with varying degrees of agrammatism were tested on a variety of production, comprehension, and reading, and syntactic tests which isolate semantic and syntactic aspects of both function and content words in order to better define the nature of the function word deficits in agrammatism.81 p.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Experimental psychologyThesisThesis Psych. 1990 Yaffee