Browsing by Author "Deamer, Felicity"

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Factive and counterfactive interpretation of embedded clauses in aphasia and its relationship with lexical, syntactic and general cognitive capacities

Hinzen, Wolfram; Zimmerer, Vitor C.; Varley, Rosemary; Deamer, Felicity (Elsevier, 2019)

In factive clausal embedding ([He knows [that it is warm outside]]), the embedded clause is presupposed to be true. In non-factive embedding ([He thinks [that it is warm outside]]) there is no presupposition, and in ...
Non-literal understanding and psychosis: metaphor comprehension in individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia

Deamer, Felicity; Palmer, Ellen; Vuong, Quoc C.; Ferrier, Nicol; Finkelmeyer, Andreas; Hinzen, Wolfram; Watson, Stuart (Elsevier, 2019)

Previous studies suggest that understanding of non-literal expressions, and in particular metaphors, can be impaired in people with schizophrenia; although it is not clear why. We explored metaphor comprehension capacity ...
The language profile of formal thought disorder

Hinzen, Wolfram; Çokal, Derya; Sevilla, Gabriel; Jones, William Stephen; Zimmerer, Vitor C.; Deamer, Felicity; Douglas, Maggie; Spencer, Helen; Turkington, Douglas; Ferrier, I. Nicol; Varley, Rosemary; Watson, Stuart (Nature Publishing Group, 2018)

Formal thought disorder (FTD) is clinically manifested as disorganized speech, but there have been only few investigations of its linguistic properties. We examined how disturbance of thought may relate to the referential ...

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