Fluent Aphasia
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:2nd Apr '09
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This book provides a detailed, informative description of fluent aphasia, a disorder that severely impairs language.
Fluent aphasia is a language disorder that follows brain damage, severely impairing the speaker's ability to communicate. In this informative study, Susan Edwards provides a detailed description of fluent aphasia, by drawing on a range of research data and looking at extensive examples of aphasic speech.Fluent aphasia is a language disorder that follows brain damage, causing difficulty in finding the correct words and structuring sentences. Speakers also experience problems in understanding language, severely impairing their ability to communicate. In this informative study Susan Edwards provides a detailed description of fluent aphasia, by drawing widely on research data, and by comparing fluent aphasia with other types of aphasia as well as with normal language. She discusses evidence that the condition affects access to underlying grammatical rules as well as to the lexicon, and explores the relationship between language and the brain, the controversy over aphasia syndromes, the assessment of aphasia via standardized tests, and the analysis of continuous speech data. Extensive examples of aphasic speech are given, and the progress of one fluent aphasic speaker is discussed in detail. Written by an internationally renowned expert, this book will be invaluable to linguists and practitioners alike.
' … provides a good portrayal of Wernicke's aphasia … can be recommended to readers from many different fields who are interested in gaining insight into aphasia, its assessment, and its underlying causes.' Linguistics
ISBN: 9780521107495
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
Weight: 360g
244 pages