Verb Structure and Grammatical Encoding in the Spontaneous Speech of Indonesian Speakers with Broca’s Aphasia

Harwintha Yuhria Anjarningsih, Kharisma Ulinnuha, Myrna Laksman-Huntley

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Abstract

This study aimed to obtain the characteristics of verb structure in the speech of Indonesian speakers with Broca’s aphasia and their relation to the Argument Structure Complexity Hypothesis (ASCH) and grammatical encoding. There are three questions, namely the interrelationships of verbs and syntactic functions, interrelationship of verbs and semantic functions, and the contribution to the ASCH and grammatical coding. Eight participants took part, divided into four with aphasia and four Non-Brain Damaged (NBD) participants as controls. The research used an experimental research method. The instruments were five images adapting Cookie Theft (an instrument used in an aphasia test in various languages) and 3 instructions to tell about daily activities. The results showed that participants with aphasia tended to use verbs in simpler structures than controls. Therefore, this study supports the ASCH about the argument simplification and tendency of grammatical coding problems, important as coming from Indonesian, an Austronesian language. Clinical implications are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-319
JournalRanah: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Argument Structure Complexity Hypothesis (ASCH)
  • Broca’s aphasia
  • grammatical encoding
  • verb production

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