Susan Edwards, Edwards Susan

Fluent Aphasia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a detailed, informative description of fluent aphasia, a disorder that severely impairs language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780521107495
• ISBN-10: 0521107490
• Artikelnr.: 25933028

Autorenporträt

Susan Edwards is Professor of Clinical Linguistics at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, University of Reading.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

Rezensionen

' ... 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