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Abstract

This paper looks to compare two linguistically diverse languages, English and Kanien'keha, a native American language commonly known as Mohawk. The comparison will revolve around the morphology and syntax typologies of these two languages. In addition to the morphological and syntactic comparison, I will discuss how aphasia presents itself in different language typologies, placing this comparison onto English and Kanien'keha. The research questions I look to answer are: How does word formation and sentence structure differ between English and Kanien'kéha? Does aphasia present differently in analytic and polysynthetic languages like English and Kanien'kéha? The morphological data and syntactic data are be obtained by analyzing speech from a Kanien'keha language corpus and a native English speaker informant. The information regarding aphasia will be based on research findings. The goal of this research is to bring a deeper understanding of the Kanien’keha language and its speakers and that this preliminary research will lead to further study of aphasia across multiple polysynthetic languages and in turn lead to a more equal access to care for these communities. Additionally, more research into diverse languages manifestations of aphasia will inevitably lead to a better understanding of the condition as a whole.

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