Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives
Background: West Greenlandic patients diagnosed with Broca’s aphasia exhibit a non-conventional syndrome, which could be related to certain peculiarities of polysynthetic languages. However, there is currently no acknowledged screening test available for West Greenlandic, which means that the curren...
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ftkbcopenhojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/130176 2023-05-15T16:06:41+02:00 Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives Limskov, Mikkel Valdemar 2022-01-10 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/lwo/article/view/130176 eng eng Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab, Københavns Universitet https://tidsskrift.dk/lwo/article/view/130176/175941 https://tidsskrift.dk/lwo/article/view/130176 Copyright (c) 2022 Author and Journal of Language Works http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Journal of Language Works - Sprogvidenskabeligt Studentertidsskrift; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2021): Language Works 6(2); 40-53 Journal of Language Works - Sprogvidenskabeligt Studentertidsskrift; Årg. 6 Nr. 2 (2021): Language Works 6(2); 40-53 2446-0591 Brocas afasi eskimoiske sprog bilingual aphasia test polysyntetiske sprog vestgrønlandsk Broca's aphasia Eskimo languages Polysynthesis West Greenlandic info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftkbcopenhojs 2022-01-12T23:48:36Z Background: West Greenlandic patients diagnosed with Broca’s aphasia exhibit a non-conventional syndrome, which could be related to certain peculiarities of polysynthetic languages. However, there is currently no acknowledged screening test available for West Greenlandic, which means that the current diagnosis is based on theory founded on dissimilar Western European languages. To advance our understanding of aphasia and improve the therapeutic outlook of West Greenlandic patients, we should adapt one of several available tests for West Greenlandic. Aims: The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary sketch of features of the West Greenlandic dialect that would require added awareness in the event of an adaption due to their contrast with Western European morphology and syntax. Method & procedure: I compared valency and derivational morphology across English and West Greenlandic to demonstrate their differences. Outcomes & results: The expected differences were confirmed. West Greenlandic uses derivational morphology to convey more information than English. Likewise, West Greenlandic also possesses features without equal in the English language. Conclusion: Based on the results, it is safe to say that there exists a need for an adapted test for West Greenlandic patients. The Bilingual Aphasia Test displays significant advantages and should be considered for adaption. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* greenlandic Tidsskrift.dk (The Royal Library, Denmark) |
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Background: West Greenlandic patients diagnosed with Broca’s aphasia exhibit a non-conventional syndrome, which could be related to certain peculiarities of polysynthetic languages. However, there is currently no acknowledged screening test available for West Greenlandic, which means that the current diagnosis is based on theory founded on dissimilar Western European languages. To advance our understanding of aphasia and improve the therapeutic outlook of West Greenlandic patients, we should adapt one of several available tests for West Greenlandic. Aims: The aim of this article is to provide a preliminary sketch of features of the West Greenlandic dialect that would require added awareness in the event of an adaption due to their contrast with Western European morphology and syntax. Method & procedure: I compared valency and derivational morphology across English and West Greenlandic to demonstrate their differences. Outcomes & results: The expected differences were confirmed. West Greenlandic uses derivational morphology to convey more information than English. Likewise, West Greenlandic also possesses features without equal in the English language. Conclusion: Based on the results, it is safe to say that there exists a need for an adapted test for West Greenlandic patients. The Bilingual Aphasia Test displays significant advantages and should be considered for adaption. |
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Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives |
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Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives |
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Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives |
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Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives |
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Adapting the Bilingual Aphasia Test for West Greenlandic: Issues and alternatives |
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adapting the bilingual aphasia test for west greenlandic: issues and alternatives |
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Institut for Nordiske Studier og Sprogvidenskab, Københavns Universitet |
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