Differences between Deixis and Anaphora Shown in Aphasics

Hwang, Yumi; Nam, Kichun; Kang, Myung-Yoon

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Commun Sci Disord. 2001;6(1): 1-28.

Yumi Hwang^` , Kichun Nam^` , and Myung-Yoon Kang^`

황유미(Yumi Hwang)| 남기춘(Kichun Nam)| 강명윤(Myung-Yoon Kang)

ABSTRACT

This study examined the differ ent pr oces s ing of deixis and anaphor a in aphas ics . In our exper iments per s onal pr onouns and demons tr ative pr onouns ar e divided into deictic and anaphor ic functions independently. The r es ults of the exper iments showed that aphas ics remarkably pr es erved the deictic function in contr as t to the s ever e impairments in the anaphor ic function . The findings of the pr es ent s tudy led us to conclude that their br ain damages made their linguis tic proces s es difficult , but they spar ed nonlinguis tic pr oces s es to a cer tain degr ee . Thes e obs ervations appear ed to s ubs tantiate the gr owing evidence that pr onouns can be proces s ed independently in deictic and anaphoric forms.