The description and interpretation of aphasic language disorder.
The nature of aphasic impairment is reviewed from four viewpoints: (1) the construction of behavioural classifications that predict the locus of brain damage; (2) the initial assessment of a range of psycholinguistic functions sufficiently wide to detect the main outlines of deficit and preservation; (3) the elucidation of change in functional status, including both spontaneous and therapy-aided recovery; (4) the relationship between models of normal linguistic performance and the structure of pathological disorder. Arguments are provided against studies of aphasia based upon clinical (or other) taxonomies; arguments are given for the closer integration of analyses of normal and aphasic language.
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D001037:Aphasia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008433:Mathematics; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests