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Lexical Anomia: Or the Case of the Missing Lexical Entries

Lookup NU author(s): Professor David Howard

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Abstract

This paper reports the case of an aphasic patient, EE, with a problem in word retrieval. He is consistently unable to produce specific lexical items, which tend to be items of low rated familiarity. His retrieval of these words is not aided by the provision of phonemic cues or extra time for word retrieval. His errors consist primarily of failures to respond, and the provision of semantic information without any attempt at the target. It is argued that this pattern of performance is consistent with the loss of specific lexical items from a phonological lexicon for speech production. EE is shown to have no impairment in auditory recognition and comprehension of the lexical items that are unavailable for naming. This dissociation is problematic for theories that propose a single phonological lexicon for both word recognition and production, but is easily accounted for by separate input and output lexicons.


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Author(s): Howard D

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Year: 1995

Volume: 48

Issue: 4

Pages: 999-1023

Print publication date: 01/11/1995

ISSN (print): 0272-4987

ISSN (electronic): 1464-0740

Publisher: Psychology Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14640749508401426

DOI: 10.1080/14640749508401426

Notes: Times Cited: 21 Article TG609 QUART J EXP PSYCH A-HUM EXP P


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