University of Groningen
Time, tone and the brain: Behavioral and neurophysiological studies on time reference and grammatical tone in Akan
Tsiwah, Frank
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10.33612/diss.159761871
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Tsiwah, F. (2021). Time, tone and the brain: Behavioral and neurophysiological studies on time reference and grammatical tone in Akan. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.159761871
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1. There is a bi-hemispheric involvement in grammatical tone processing. - This dissertation (Chapter 2) 2. While grammatical tone perception is impaired in both individuals with left and right hemisphere damage, non-linguistic tone perception is more affected in individuals with right than left hemisphere damage. - This
dissertation (Chapter 2) 3. Agrammatic aphasic speakers show more problems in processing verb forms referring to past than those referring to non-past, and thus, an impairment in grammatical tone perception is largely driven by an impairment in past time reference. - This dissertation (Chapter 3) 4. The past time reference deficit in agrammatism exists irrespective of the form in which it is expressed – whether through affixations, aspectual adverbs or grammatical tone. - This dissertation 5. Individuals without brain damage show different brain responses for violations for past and present time reference. - This dissertation (Chapter 4) 6. It is recommendable that tonal processing abilities of agrammatic speakers of tonal languages are examined to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment. -This dissertation 7. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. - George Orwell, 1984 8. The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential. - Ray Stevens 9. Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it. - African proverb
