On the parallel deterioration of lexico-semantic processes in the bilinguals’ two languages: Evidence from Alzheimer's disease

TL;DR: It is found that contextual diversity and imageability, but not word frequency (nor words’ number of senses), contributed unique variance to explaining naming impairments in AD, suggesting a semantic component to the naming impairment in AD.

TL;DR: The evidence from the present review provides support for theories emphasizing the role of premorbid proficiency and language use in language impairment patterns in bilingual aphasia and provides a timely update on the increasing number of reported cases in the last decade.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors correlate the results from Norwegian standardized national tests in reading, arithmetic, and English from four cohorts of eighth graders (2009-2012), with available statistics on language of instruction and socio-economic status.

TL;DR: The results provide evidence suggesting that damage to certain subcortical structures may lead to problems in controlling the language output during verbalization in bilingual speakers and are discussed in relation to other findings of pLM and pLS.

TL;DR: A description is given for the first time of a patient with a lesion to the left anterior cingulate and to the frontal lobe who presented with pathological switching between languages in the absence of any other linguistic impairment.

TL;DR: The study of bilingual aphasics with parallel impairment of both languages allows the hypothesis whereby grammatical disorders in aphasia depend on the specific structure of each language to be verified.

TL;DR: The authors developed a theoretically motivated measure that clarifies the implications of TOT data by linking all responses elicited in the TOT paradigm with either success or failure in completing 2 retrieval steps in current models of language production.