language areas in the brain
brocas area(production of speech)
wernikes area(understanding of speech)
motor cortex(controlls movement of muscles)
arcuate fascious
brocas aphasia
reduced amount of speech
distorted articulation
ommision of functional morphemes
slow, effortful speech
language is mostly of lexical morphemes
aggramatic speech
even difficulty with single words
long pauses
comprehension is better than production
wernickes aphasia
fluent speech but makes no sense
very general terms are used
anomia -- difficulty to find a word
conduction aphasia
mispronounce words
no articulatio problems
disrupted rythm
comprehension of spoken words is good
difficult to repeat a word