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Hypotheses on the dissociation between “referential” and “modalizing” verbal behavior in aphasia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Jean-Luc Nespoulous*
Affiliation:
Universite de Toulouse-Le Mirail
Chris Code
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Jacques Virbel
Affiliation:
Universite Paul Sabatier
André Roch Lecours
Affiliation:
Universite de Montreal
*
Departement des Sciences du Langage, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, 5, allée Antonio Machado, 31058 TOULOUSE CEDEX, France

Abstract

We develop the distinction between “referential” and “modalizing” aspects of language and describe their functional dissociation, as observed in various manifestations of aphasia and in the speech of hemispherectomy and commissurotomy patients. Such a frequently observable dissociation is taken to reflect certain cognitive and neurobiological distinctions that do not seem to be accounted for by the structurally motivated linguistic models currently utilized in neurolinguistic studies. The dissociation appears to generate fresh and original insights when applied to acquired language impairments.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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