Grammatical versus lexical words in theory and aphasia: Integrating linguistics and neurolinguistics

• Published in: Glossa (London) Vol. 3; no. 1
• Main Authors: Boye, Kasper, Bastiaanse, Roelien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Open Library of Humanities 23.02.2018
• Subjects: aphasia; grammar; lexicon; usage-based; verbs

The distinction between grammatical and lexical words is standardly dealt with in terms of a semantic distinction between function and content words or in terms of distributional distinctions between closed and open classes. This paper argues that such distinctions fall short in several respects, an...