Syntactic Comprehension in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Table 1
Each stage and examples of Syntax Test for Aphasia.
Level
Strategy
Definition
Sample of Japanese (English)
I
The meaning of a word
Nonreversible, active sentences in regular word order
otokonoko (n) ga (p) aruiteiru (v) (The boy is walking.) okasan (n) ga (p) teburu (n) wo (p) fuiteiru (v) (The mother is wiping the table.)
II
The word order
Reversible, active sentences in regular word order
onnanoko (n) ga (p) otosan (n) ni (p) purezento (n) wo (p) ageteiru (v) (The girl is giving a present to the father.) okasan (n) ga (p) otokonoko (n) wo (p) ositeiru (v) (The mother is pushing the boy.)
III
The particle without complementizer
Reversible, active sentences in regular and nonregular word order
otousan (n) wo (p) onnanoko (n) ga (p) ositeiru (v) (The father is pushed by the girl.) otousan (n) ga (p) onnanoko (n) wo (p) ositeiru (v) (The father pushed the girl.)
IV
The particle with complementizer
Reversible, passive sentences in regular and nonregular word order
otosan (n) ga (p) onnanoko (n) ni (p) rinngo (n) wo (p) moratteiru (v) (The father is given an apple from the girl.) otosan (n) ni (p) onnanoko (n) ga (p) rinngo (n) wo (p) moratteiru (v) (The girl is given an apple from the father.)
