Word info

agrammatic

Adjective

Meaning

agrammatic (comparative more agrammatic, superlative most agrammatic)

Of, pertaining to, or afflicted by agrammatism.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

For example, only 75% of agrammatic aphasiacs would comprehend the reversible active sentence, “The actor applauded the dancer” accurately, due to the atypical scenario that the sentence describes. Source: Internet

This is often not an issue for people without agrammatic aphasias, but many aphasics rely very heavily on word order to understand roles that words play within the sentence. Source: Internet

It is possible that people with agrammatic aphasia rely on a heuristic based on the canonical word order of English. Source: Internet

Reversible passive sentences such as “The actor was applauded by the dancer” are even more complex and difficult to comprehend, and were only found to be accurately understood by 50% of tested agrammatic aphasiacs in one study. Source: Internet

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