Table 3.
Lexical variables | NNLA |
CLAN |
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Group with agrammatic aphasia, M (SD) | Control group, M (SD) | Group with agrammatic aphasia, M (SD) | Control group, M (SD) | |
Total number of open-class words produced | 124.63 (85.88) | 230.20 (106.18) | 139.75 (86.86) | 234.20 (93.73) |
Proportion of open-class words over all words | 53.96% (8.55) | 48.43% (3.10) | 47.08% (7.19) | 46.43% (10.78) |
Total number of closed-class words produced | 110.50 (84.91) | 239.10 (92.37) | 132.38 (83.09) | 239.70 (78.08) |
Proportion of closed-class words over all words | 46.04% (8.55) | 51.57% (3.10) | 52.92% (7.19) | 53.57% (10.78) |
Open-to-closed word ratio | 1.25 (0.48) | 0.95 (0.12) | 0.92 (0.29) | 0.94 (0.43) |
Total nouns produced | 55.75 (35.54) | 88.20 (33.99) | 67.13 (39.24) | 102.60 (42.95) |
Proportion of nouns over all words | 25.18% (7.61) | 23.24% (6.79) | 19.09% (1.87) | 20.35% (4.20) |
Total verbs produced | 43.88 (29.36) | 84.00 (36.41) | 41.75 (27.77) | 74.40 (27.46) |
Proportion of verbs over all words | 19.35% (2.35) | 17.84% (1.03) | 13.78% (1.9) | 14.93% (3.54) |
Noun-to-verb ratios | 1.29 (0.30) | 1.07 (0.13) | 1.10 (0.36) | 1.39 (0.23) |
Total adjectives | 9.75 (9.25) | 26.80 (21.38) | 8.75 (9.11) | 20.80 (17.07) |
Total adverbs | 14.38 (14.56) | 31.20 (18.61) | 22.13 (16.00) | 36.40 (16.73) |
Total determiners | 31.38 (22.87) | 54.20 (21.96) | 40.25 (23.46) | 55.10 (23.29) |
Total pronouns | 24.75 (26.36) | 61.20 (25.04) | 26.00 (24.32) | 66.70 (29.28) |
Total auxiliaries | 7.88 (7.08) | 10.70 (6.62) | 5.88 (5.44) | 12.80 (8.72) |
Total conjunctions | 8.25 (7.85) | 21.20 (10.58) | 27.38 (22.44) | 38.50 (18.10) |
Total modals | 2.63 (3.16) | 9.80 (5.07) | 0.13 (0.35) | 4.00 (3.13) |
Total prepositions | 16.13 (13.41) | 35.80 (13.94) | 21.25 (14.83) | 44.70 (15.66) |
Total negation markers | 1.75 (1.49) | 5.80 (3.12) | 1.75 (1.49) | 5.20 (2.66) |
Total infinitival markers | 2.75 (3.49) | 6.60 (3.03) | 3.25 (3.24) | 10.10 (4.38) |
Total quantifiers | 5.13 (2.53) | 14.30 (6.45) | 5.38 (2.33) | 9.40 (4.81) |
Total wh-words | .75 (0.89) | 5.30 (4.37) | 1.13 (1.36) | 2.30 (2.41) |
Total particles |
1.88 (1.25) |
8.20 (3.82) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
Mann–Whitney U between-groups tests | ||||
Lexical variables |
Group with agrammatic aphasia vs. control group |
NNLA vs. CLAN |
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NNLA |
CLAN |
Agrammatic |
Control |
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Total number of open-class words produced | U = 15; p = .03* | U = 16.5; p = .04* | U = 27; p = .60 | U = 46; p = .76 |
Proportion of open-class words over all words | U = 19; p = .06+ | U = 38; p = .86 | U = 17; p = .12 | U = 36; p = .29 |
Total number of closed-class words produced | U = 12; p = .01* | U = 14; p = .02* | U = 25; p = .46 | U = 46; p = .76 |
Proportion of closed-class words over all words | U = 19; p = .06+ | U = 38; p = .86 | U = 17; p = .12 | U = 36; p = .29 |
Open-to-closed word ratio | U = 19; p = .06+ | U = 38; p = .86 | U = 17; p = .12 | U = 36; p = .29 |
Total nouns produced | U = 20; p = .08 | U = 24; p = .15 | U = 25; p = .46 | U = 35; p = .26 |
Proportion of nouns over all words | U = 13; p = .02* | U = 25; p = .18 | U = 25; p = .46 | U = 34; p = .23 |
Total verbs produced | U = 15; p = .03* | U = 15; p = .03* | U = 29; p = .75 | U = 41; p = .50 |
Proportion of verbs over all words | U = 23; p = .13 | U = 38; p = .86 | U = 0.00; p = .00* | U = 26; p = .07 |
Noun-to-verb ratios | U = 18; p = .05* | U = 20; p = .08 | U = 14.5; p = .07 | U = 12; p = .00* |
Total adjectives | U = 15; p = .03* | U = 15; p = .03* | U = 27; p = .60 | U = 34; p = .23 |
Total adverbs | U = 13; p = .02* | U = 18; p = .05* | U = 20; p = .21 | U = −0.91; p = .36 |
Total determiners | U = 18; p = .05* | U = 26.5; p = .23 | U = 19; p = .17 | U = 48; p = .88 |
Total pronouns | U = 12; p = .01* | U = 12; p = .01* | U = 27.5; p = .64 | U = 38.5; p = .38 |
Total auxiliaries | U = 24.5; p = .17 | U = 19.5; p = .07 | U = 26; p = .53 | U = 38.5; p = .38 |
Total conjunctions | U = 9.5; p = .01* | U = 24.5; p = .17 | U = 9; p = .02* | U = 23; p = .04* |
Total modals | U = 8; p = .00* | U = 9.5; p = .00* | U = 6; p = .00* | U = 15; p = .01* |
Total prepositions | U = 12; p = .01* | U = 11.5; p = .01* | U = 24.5; p = .43 | U = 32; p = .17 |
Total negation markers | U = 7; p = .00* | U = 11; p = .01* | U = 31.5; p = .96 | U = 44.52; p = .67 |
Total infinitival markers | U = 15; p = .03* | U = 8; p = .00* | U = 26; p = .52 | U = 28; p = .10 |
Total quantifiers | U = 4.5; p = .00* | U = 16.5; p = .03* | U = 29; p = .75 | U = 28.5; p = .10 |
Total wh-words | U = 5; p = .00* | U = 27; p = .23 | U = 28; p = .66 | U = 25.5; p = .06 |
Total particles | U = 4; p = .00* | — | U = 4; p = .00* | U = 0.00; p = .00* |
Note. Em dash indicates data not [obtained]/[reported]/[available]. NNLA = Northwestern Narrative Language Analysis; CLAN = Computerized Language Analysis.
p < .05.
p < .06.