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ArticleAmerican journal of speech-language pathology2025

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

Jee Eun Sung, Junyoung Shin, Michael Scimeca, Ran Li, Swathi Kiran

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Jee Eun SungDepartment of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1734-0058
Junyoung ShinDepartment of Communication Disorders, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
Michael ScimecaDepartment of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Center for Brain Recovery, Boston University, MA.
Ran LiHuman Communication, Learning, and Development, The University of Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-5034-7294
Swathi KiranDepartment of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Center for Brain Recovery, Boston University, MA.ORCID 0000-0003-1586-8913

Funding

Predicting rehabilitation outcomes in bilingual aphasia using computational modelingU01DC014922 · NIDCD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI KIRAN, SWATHI, MIIKKULAINEN, RISTO · 2016 to 2020
$3.5M
FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PERIPHERAL GUSTATORY SYSTEMR01DC001628 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI SPECTOR, ALAN C · 1994 to 2007
$1.7M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC001628NIDCD NIH HHS U01 DC014922
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Abstract

purposeThe 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.

methodSixty-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.

resultsKorean 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.

conclusionsBoth 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. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.28942022.

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AphasiaCross-Cultural ComparisonAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsCultural DiversityFemaleHumansLanguageLanguage TestsLinguisticsMaleMiddle AgedSemantics

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PMID40408148
PMCPMC12714373

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