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Sleebos, Y.M.A. (2016)

The influence of language kinship on (similar) deterioration in Bilingual Aphasia

Bachelor thesis | Taalwetenschap (BA)

This thesis aims to present more evidence for the theory that in the same brain areas two languages are processed. A summary is given on all the relevant background information. Also, by presenting an overview of case studies in Bilingual Aphasia and using a newly conducted scale and a difference-percentage, this thesis will try to give more insight in the issue if kinship plays a significant role in the parallel deterioration patterns in bilingual aphasia. The results show that a slight trend is visible in the data. Case studies scoring low on the scale of kinship, tend to have a low difference-percentage as well, which is as expected. Although the Spearman correlation is negative, this doesn’t mean that kinship doesn’t have influence on the difference-percentage. This negative correlation is most likely due to the small sample size. So, even though the correlation is negative, the trend in the data is visible and the means and knowledge are present as well, so more research is...Show moreThis thesis aims to present more evidence for the theory that in the same brain areas two languages are processed. A summary is given on all the relevant background information. Also, by presenting an overview of case studies in Bilingual Aphasia and using a newly conducted scale and a difference-percentage, this thesis will try to give more insight in the issue if kinship plays a significant role in the parallel deterioration patterns in bilingual aphasia. The results show that a slight trend is visible in the data. Case studies scoring low on the scale of kinship, tend to have a low difference-percentage as well, which is as expected. Although the Spearman correlation is negative, this doesn’t mean that kinship doesn’t have influence on the difference-percentage. This negative correlation is most likely due to the small sample size. So, even though the correlation is negative, the trend in the data is visible and the means and knowledge are present as well, so more research is possible and recommended.Show less

bilingual

aphasia

kinship

language

Author

Sleebos, Y.M.A.

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Language and Cognition

Supervisors

Witteman, J.

Language

en