APHASIA-DIFFERENT SPEECH ERRORS

SUMMARY

1. Paraphasia: incorrect substitution of words or parts of words.
- Literal/phonemic paraphasias: similar sounds (e.g. “sound” for “found”)
- Verbal/semantic paraphasias: word substituted for another from same semantic class (e.g. “fork” for “spoon”)

2. Agrammatism: absence of grammatical structure in a sentence.

3. Anomia (anomic/nominal aphasia): naming or word-finding difficulty. Intact comprehension & repetition.

4. Echolalia: repetition (echoing) of words or vocalizations made by another person.

5. Circumlocution: roundabout way of describing a word that cannot be recalled. Often assoc. with anomia.

6. Neologism: a “new word” that is well articulated but has meaning only to the speaker.

7. Jargon: fluent but mostly incomprehensible, unintelligible speech. assoc. with Wernicke’s aphasia.

8. Stereotype: repetition of nonsensical syllables (e.g. “no, no, no”) during attempts at communication.

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