Lexical access in a bilingual speaker with dementia: changes over time

Abstract

In this study we aim to investigate the naming skills and the strategies used to cope with naming problems in a bilingual (American-Norwegian) male with PPA across three different speech contexts (confrontation naming, semi-structured narrative, and conversation) which put different demands on the speaker in the language production process. In particular, we focus on naming of nouns and verbs across these contexts. We investigate the progression of his naming problems over time. We also aim to discuss the results in the light of the two different theories described above, TDH and IDT. The final version of this research has been published in Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. © 2017 Taylor & Francis