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The role of language system in context-dependent language use in Turkish-speaking versus English-speaking older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

EVRIM G. MARCH  and
PHILIPPA PATTISON
EVRIM G. MARCH*
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
PHILIPPA PATTISON
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
*
ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE Evrim March, St. Vincent's Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 46 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy 3065, Australia. E-mail: evrmart@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Deixis is a linguistic bridge between spoken language and communicative context, and its use is intrinsically dependent on the context as well as the language system itself. This cross-linguistic study examined the impact of two distinct language systems, English and Turkish, on the uses of nouns, spatial deixis, and person deixis in 26 Turkish versus 26 Anglo Australian healthy older adults. The study revealed a predilection for spatial deictic use in Turkish versus person deictic use in English speakers at task-specific levels, and the pattern of relationships between language use forms were partially distinct between the two languages. The study provided empirical evidence to deictic theories regarding the role of language structure in discourse production, with implications on brain–language relationships.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , November 2014 , pp. 1087 - 1108
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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