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Background: This review is intended for both theoretically and clinically motivated audiences with an interest in aphasic verb impairments.

Aims: Building from previous reviews, our aim is to provide a concise summary of the relevant theoretical research and perspectives on verbs, and from this theoretical foundation to explore which aspects have been incorporated and tested in therapy studies.

Main Contribution: In the theoretical domain, the review first considers the patterns of verb and noun impairments in aphasic syndromes. Second, an overview of the linguistic differences between verbs and nouns is provided, differences that occur at various levels of linguistic analysis: phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic. This is followed by a detailed account of the psycholinguistic perspective on verb–noun differences. Specifically, this section examines the role of variables such as imageability and …