Background: Aphasia research has been informed by linguistic theory to a great extent.
Conversely, linguistic theory has also been informed by data from people with aphasia …

In the present communication, phenomenal consciousness, access consciousness and the
closely related concept of working memory are presented in the context of a neurocognitive …

The left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) is a key region for language comprehension and
production. Previous studies point to a preferential involvement of left anterior IFG (aIFG) in …

Despite intense research on grammaticalization, no satisfactory definition has so far been
proposed. Some would argue that it is indeed impossible to come up with a precise …

The distinction between grammatical and lexical words is standardly dealt with in terms of a
semantic distinction between function and content words or in terms of distributional …

This paper proposes an understanding of agrammatism from the perspective of a recent
usage-based theory of grammatical status, the ProGram theory (Boye and Harder, 2012) …

The lexical-grammatical divide has been a widely addressed topic in aphasia. Speech parts
are generally classified as either belonging to a lexical or a grammatical category based on …

Determiner production is a testing ground for theories of Broca's aphasia and agrammatic
speech. On one type of theory, determiner production is impaired in so far as determiners …

The class of prepositions is not a homogenous class with respect to grammatical status.
Some prepositions can be classified as lexical and others as grammatical. In this paper, we …

Pronouns constitute a heterogeneous class of linguistic elements, allowing for expression of
referential relationships. Pronouns have an important place in daily communication which …