dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Tribushinina, Elena | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Avrutin, Sergey | |
dc.contributor.author | Meeuwsen, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-02T18:04:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-02T18:04:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/25551 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study aims to illuminate the organisation of the mental lexicon in individuals with Williams Syndrome (WS). Previous research of WS lexical abilities has focused mainly on analysis on a quantitative level, but included observations of unusual performance that motivate a qualitative investigation. This study explored WS performance using data from 64 Dutch-speaking WS individuals for a picture vocabulary task, a naming task and a word-definition task. The findings from the research support Temple et al.’s (2002) findings regarding a lack of semantic precision in lexical comprehension and suggest this may extend to the productive domain as well. In addition, a specific weakness regarding adjective comprehension has been observed, as well as remarkable productive creativity when participants attempted to circumvent word-finding problems. Based on these findings, qualitative research could well be the next chapter of research into the fascinating language profile of these individuals. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 2288246 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Lexical Abilities in Williams Syndrome | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Taal, Mens en Maatschappij | |