Abstract
Agrammatism in spontaneous speech of aphasics (characterized by short phrase length, simple syntactic constructions, and problems with grammatical morphemes) is a highly variable phenomenon. This paper reviews different factors that have been shown to influence the agrammatic surface: task- and text-specific factors, sociolinguistic factors, pragmatic and semantic factors, premorbid variability, normality within pathology, strategies and compensation, severity of the deficit, additional symptoms, selective attention, and psychological condition. In addition, three methodological problems contribute to the picture of variability in agrammatism: clinical classification, language-specific factors, and problems of reconstruction. Considering all these factors, it is not surprising that agrammatism in spontaneous speech shows considerable variability.
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