Fluent Aphasia
Fluent aphasia is a language disorder that follows brain damage, severely impairing the patient's ability to communicate. Internationally renowned Susan Edwards provides a detailed description of fluent aphasia by drawing on a range of research data and comparing the condition with other types of aphasia as well as with normal language. Extensive examples of aphasic speech are given, and the progress of one fluent aphasic speaker is discussed in detail.
- Combines clinical insights with theoretical debates
- Looks at research findings from a variety of different methodologies
- Provides many illustrations of aphasic speech
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' … 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
Product details
April 2009Paperback
9780521107495
244 pages
229 × 152 × 14 mm
0.36kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Fluent aphasia: identification and classic descriptions
- 2. Descriptions of fluent aphasia
- 3. Assessment and fluent aphasia
- 4. Connected fluent aphasic speech
- 5. Non-fluent and fluent aphasic speech
- 6. Comprehension and processing problems in fluent aphasia
- 7. The manifestation of fluent aphasia in one speaker
- 8. Some concluding thoughts.