Development of a psycholinguistic explanation for comprehension and production in Broca's agrammatism: exploring the therapeutic effect
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Relativized Minimality, Broca's agrammatism, Sentence processing deficits, Therapeutic strategiesAbstract
Broca’s agrammatism, a hallmark of non-fluent aphasia, presents with characteristic syntactic deficits that disrupt sentence comprehension and production. This proposed study aims to explore how the theoretical framework of Relativized Minimality (RM) might account for these impairments, especially within a Malaysian clinical context. We outline a comparative analysis that would evaluate RM-based explanations against competing models such as the Trace Deletion Hypothesis, the Mapping Hypothesis, and processing-based theories. By examining planned cross-linguistic data and experimental paradigms involving Malay and English sentence structures, we anticipate that RM, especially in its featural variant, may offer critical insights into intervention effects. The study would further explore the applicability of RM to production deficits, neurological substrates, and individual variability. Findings are expected to inform future empirical work and aid in developing diagnostic tools and therapeutic strategies for Malaysian aphasia patients.
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