Information-theoretical approach to the omission of functional categories in Broca’s aphasia

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Avrutin, S.
dc.contributor.author	Zilverschoon, G.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-17T17:01:18Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-17
dc.date.available	2009-09-17T17:01:18Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/3402
dc.description.abstract	This study is focusing on the omissions of two functional categories in the speech of Broca’s aphasics; articles and prepositions. For each selected functional element, the complexity can be calculated by using the Information Theory. The aim of this study is to find a connection between the complexity of the elements and their omission rate. Are more complex elements omitted the most? For the articles a very precarious tendency is found for 3 of the 12 subjects: More complex articles were omitted the most. For the prepositions only one subject showed that more complex prepositions were omitted more.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Information-theoretical approach to the omission of functional categories in Broca’s aphasia
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	omission functional categories, Broca’s aphasia, complexity, Information Theory.
dc.subject.courseuu	Logopediewetenschap