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The investigation of language processing following brain damage may be used to constrain models of normal language processing. We review the literature on semantic and lexical processing deficits, focusing on issues of representation of semantic knowledge and the mechanisms of lexical access. The results broadly support a componential organization of lexical knowledge—the semantic component is independent of phonological and orthographic form knowledge, and the latter are independent of each other. Furthermore, the results do not support the hypothesis that word meaning is organized into modality-specific subcomponents. We also discuss converging evidence from functional imaging studies in relation to neuropsychological results.
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This review was supported in part by NIH Grant NS22201. We thank Randi Martin, Michael Cortese, Matt Lambon Ralph, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions on an earlier version of the manuscript.
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Shelton, J.R., Caramazza, A. Deficits in lexical and semantic processing: Implications for models of normal language. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 6, 5–27 (1999). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03210809
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