Cross-Linguistic and Multicultural Effects on Animal Fluency Performance in Persons With Aphasia.

Purpose: The current study examined the impact of cross-linguistic and cultural differences on an animal fluency task between Korean- and English-speaking persons with aphasia (PWA) and neurologically intact older adults (OAs). Specifically, we investigated the influence of zodiac animals on word re...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 34; pp. 3611 - 3622
Autores principales: Sung, Jee Eun, Shin, Junyoung, Scimeca, Michael, Li, Ran, Kiran, Swathi
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 2025 Supplement
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        atl: Cross-Linguistic and Multicultural Effects on Animal Fluency Performance in Persons With Aphasia.
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          Sung, Jee Eun
          Shin, Junyoung
          Scimeca, Michael
          Li, Ran
          Kiran, Swathi
        affil: Department of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
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          Persons with Disabilities Psychosocial Factors
          Aphasia Physiopathology
          Aphasia Ethnology
          Speech Production Measurement Methods
          Language Tests Methods
          Neuropsychological Tests Methods
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Semantics Evaluation
          Executive Function Evaluation
          Multilingualism
          Cultural Diversity
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Middle Age
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          Ethnological Research
          Comparative Studies
          Descriptive Statistics
          Item Analysis
          Data Analysis Software
          Logistic Regression
          Animals
          Koreans
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          English Persons
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Aphasia Psychosocial Factors
          Language Development
          Verbal Behavior Evaluation
          Cognition Evaluation
          Psycholinguistics Evaluation
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          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
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      ab: Purpose: The current study examined the impact of cross-linguistic and cultural differences on an animal fluency task between Korean- and English-speaking persons with aphasia (PWA) and neurologically intact older adults (OAs). Specifically, we investigated the influence of zodiac animals on word retrieval, given their cultural familiarity in East Asia, hypothesizing that Korean speakers have a higher likelihood of producing zodiac animals compared to English speakers. Method: Sixty-seven PWA (30 English-speaking, 37 Korean-speaking) and 30 OAs (15 per language group) completed an animal fluency task. Analyses focused on three approaches: total correct responses, culturally specific responses (zodiac animals and ratio of zodiac animals), and an item-level comparison of language-general and language-specific items to identify animal items that could differentiate between the language groups. Results: Korean speakers, both with and without aphasia, produced a greater proportion of zodiac animals compared to English speakers. Conversely, English speakers demonstrated greater semantic diversity in animal responses than Korean speakers. Conclusions: Both PWA and OA groups demonstrated differential patterns in producing zodiac animals, depending on their language and the culture. These findings shed light on the importance of considering cultural and linguistic diversity during aphasia assessment of word retrieval difficulties.
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