Non-Fluent Aphasia in a Multilingual World

by Lise Menn and Loraine K. Obler

Book Overview

“Non-fluent Aphasia in a Multilingual World” is an up-to-date introduction to the language of patients with non-fluent aphasia. Recent research in languages other than English has challenged our old descriptions of aphasia syndromes: while their patterns can be recognized across languages, the structure of each language has a profound effect on the symptoms of aphasic speech. However, the basic linguistic concepts needed to understand these effects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027243352
• ISBN13: 9789027243355
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 212 Pages