Jargonaphasia

Jargonaphasia covers the different forms of posterior aphasia and the relations of these pathological states to focal brain lesions. The book presents the behavior of eight patients with full-blown jargonaphasia. The text then describes the components and analysis of the neologism, the conditions under which it can appear, and its possible functions; the localization of lesions in jargonaphasia and the utilization of IS and CT localization; and the gestures and lexical processes in jargonaphasia. The aphasic jargon and the speech acts of naming and judging; the behavioral aspects of jargonaphasia; and the associative processes in semantic jargon and in schizophrenic language are also considered. The book further tackles case reports of semantic jargon; a case with phonemic jargon; and the vowel timing and linguistic organization of articulatory sequences in jargonaphasia. The text also looks into the therapy with the jargonaphasic. Psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists, psychologists, and linguistics will find the book invaluable.

List of ContributorsPrefaceThéophile Alajouanine (1890-1980)Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Jargons Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5 Case 6 Case 7 Case 8 Summary and Conclusion ReferencesChapter 3 Where Do Neologisms Come From? Introduction Definitions Linguistic Word Formation Rules Recovery Phenomena Microgenetic Model Comparison of Recovery Studies and Microgenetic Studies Conclusion Appendix 1. Descriptions of the Boston "Cookie Theft" Picture (Goodglass and Kaplan, 1972) Appendix 2. Spontaneous Speech Samples of Neologistic Jargon Appendix 3. Neology on Picture Description and on Confrontation Naming ReferencesChapter 4 The Anatomy of Jargon Introduction Review of the Literature Material and Methods Case Presentations The Localization of Lesions The Specificity of Localization Functional Significance Summary ReferencesChapter 5 Gestures and Lexical Processes in Jargonaphasia Introduction Hand Gestures and Lexical Processes A Model of the Lexicon and K.C.'s Impairment Analysis of K.C.'s Gestures Conclusions ReferencesChapter 6 Aphasic Jargon and the Speech Acts of Naming and Judging Aphasic Jargon and Meaning Procedure Forms of Response and Scoring Results Discussion Appendix A. Sample of C.A.'s Speech ReferencesChapter 7 Behavioral Aspects of Jargonaphasia Anosognosia (Denial of Illness) Mood Changes Disorientation, Reduplication and Nonaphasic Misnaming Confabulation Interpretation of Idioms and Proverbs Premorbid Personality Factors Correlations of Behavior and Brain Dysfunction Comment ReferencesChapter 8 Associative Processes in Semantic Jargon and in Schizophrenic LanguageChapter 9 Case Reports of Semantic Jargon Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Comment on Cases ReferenceChapter 10 Phonemic Jargon: A Case Report Introduction Linguistic Analysis of Phonemic Jargon Case Report Method of Investigation Presentation of Data Summary of Results Discussion Child Language and Jargon Relationship of Phonemic Jargon to Other Jargons in Fluent Aphasia Bilingualism and Phonemic Jargon Appendix 1. Relative Frequencies of Phonemes Appendix 2. Phonetic Transcriptions of Spontaneous Jargon Appendix 3. Single-Word Reading Tasks Appendix 4. Connected Prose Reading: Texts and Transcriptions of Jargon Reading Appendix 5. Frequencies of Occurrence of Consonant and Vowel Dyads ReferencesChapter 11 The Evolution of Jargonaphasia Neuropsychiatric Description Neurolinguistic Description ReferencesChapter 12 Vowel Timing and Linguistic Organization of Articulatory Sequences in Jargonaphasia Introduction Phonological Cues for Syntactic Boundaries Syntactic Boundary Cues in Aphasic Patients ReferencesChapter 13 Therapy with the Jargonaphasic Introduction Rationales for Therapy Therapy with the Jargonaphasic Extension of Therapy ConclusionSubject Index