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Not so fast: Domain-general factors can account for selective deficits in grammatical processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Elizabeth Bates
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0526 bates@crl.ucsd.edu fdick@crl.ucsd.edu crl.ucsd.edu/~bates/
Frederic Dick
Affiliation:
Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0526 bates@crl.ucsd.edu fdick@crl.ucsd.edu crl.ucsd.edu/~bates/
Beverly Wulfeck
Affiliation:
Department of Communicative Disorders, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1518 wulfeck@crl.ucsd.edu www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chhs/cd/wulfeck.html
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Abstract

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Normals display selective deficits in morphology and syntax under adverse processing conditions. Digit loads do not impair processing of passives and object relatives but do impair processing of grammatical morphemes. Perceptual degradation and temporal compression selectively impair several aspects of grammar, including passives and object relatives. Hence we replicate Caplan & Waters's specific findings but reach opposite conclusions, based on wider evidence.

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© 1999 Cambridge University Press