Effects of age and education on the lexico-semantic content of connected speech in adults.
J Commun Disord
; 31(1): 53-70; quiz 71, 1998.
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ABSTRACT
One hundred and thirty-three subjects who considered themselves to be in good health described the bank robbery picture from an aphasia battery for French-speaking subjects. The subjects' connected speech was analyzed and various lexico-semantic measures were obtained. For the purposes of analysis, the subjects were grouped according to age and education level. Results demonstrated that subjects with fewer years of education produced less content than subjects with higher levels of education. Age also affected subjects' performance but only when considering efficiency, the number of content units as a function of time, and the number of different open-class words as a function of time. Older subjects tended to repeat the same content units (using mostly the same words) and comment on some word-finding difficulties they experienced. These behaviors may explain why older subjects were less efficient in the transmission of lexico-semantic information. The results emphasize how age can affect lexico-semantic performance, and add new data about the effects of education, which should be taken into consideration when assessing persons who may show signs of a language disorder.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Semántica
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Habla
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Vocabulario
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
J Commun Disord
Año:
1998
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Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
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EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA