Abstract
In this study, grammatical aspects of telegraphese (written telegram style) in normal adults are compared to agrammatic narratives in Broca's aphasia. The study is conducted in four languages: Dutch, German, Swedish, and Finnish. The background for this study is the claim, both from theoreticians and practitioners, that agrammatism can be equated with telegram style in normals. In summary, the comparisons of utterance length, grammaticality, omissions and substitutions of closed class items, and structures show that despite some superficial parallels the two registers of telegraphese and agrammatism are qualitatively different.
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