Jordan F M, Ashton R
Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia.
Brain Inj. 1996 Feb;10(2):91-7. doi: 10.1080/026990596124575.
The language functioning of a group of children who had sustained a severe closed head injury (CHI) was evaluated. The subjects were administered a battery of language assessments including measures of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Performance of the experimental group was compared with that of a control group matched for age and sex. Results indicated that all areas of language competence assessed (syntax, semantics, pragmatics) appeared to be compromised by the childhood CHI. The findings of this study are considered in light of the implications for the existence of different language components (syntax, semantics, pragmatics) as opposed to a unified concept of language. Also considered is the evidence of a specific linguistic impairment in the childhood CHI population as opposed to a more generalized cognitive decline expressed as an overall decrease in performance across all domains of language skill.
对一组遭受严重闭合性颅脑损伤（CHI）的儿童的语言功能进行了评估。对这些受试者进行了一系列语言评估，包括句法、语义和语用学方面的测量。将实验组的表现与年龄和性别相匹配的对照组进行了比较。结果表明，所评估的所有语言能力领域（句法、语义、语用学）似乎都受到儿童期CHI的影响。根据不同语言成分（句法、语义、语用学）的存在与统一语言概念的对比，对本研究的结果进行了考量。还考量了儿童期CHI人群中存在特定语言障碍的证据，以对比表现为所有语言技能领域表现全面下降的更普遍的认知衰退。
