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. 2018 Feb 1;61(2):373–385. doi: 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-L-17-0185

Table 3.

Lexical-level values derived from both coding systems and statistical results.

Lexical variables NNLA
CLAN
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
NNLA
CLAN
Agrammatic
Control
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.