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Anomic aphasia, also known as dysnomia, nominal aphasia, and amnesic aphasia, is a mild, fluent type of aphasia where individuals have word retrieval failures and cannot express the words they want to say (particularly nouns and verbs). [1]
A sentence word involves invisible covert syntax and visible overt syntax. The invisible section or "covert" is the syntax that is removed in order to form a one word sentence. The visible section or "overt" is the syntax that still remains in a sentence word. [15]
These errors can be semantic, in which the meaning of the word is related to that of the intended word (car for van, for example). [16] Semantic paraphasias can be further subdivided into six different types. [12] Coordinate semantic paraphasias replace the target word with one that is from the same category, such as tiger for lion.
Aphasia, also known as dysphasia, [a] is an impairment in a person’s ability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. [2] The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine, but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in developed countries. [3]
Long pauses between words are common and multi-syllabic words may be produced one syllable at a time with pauses between each syllable. [8] The prosody of a person with Broca's aphasia is compromised by shortened length of utterances and the presence of self-repairs and disfluencies. [9] Intonation and stress patterns are also deficient. [10]
Severity levels may range from being unable to understand even the simplest spoken and/or written information to missing minor details of a conversation. [2] Many diagnosed with Wernicke's aphasia have difficulty with repetition in words and sentences and/or working memory. [5]
Poor writing skills must interfere significantly with academic progress or daily activities that involves written expression [1] (spelling, grammar, handwriting, punctuation, word usage, etc.). [2] This disorder is also generally concurrent with disorders of reading and/or mathematics, as well as disorders related to behavior.
Dysgraphia; Other names: Disorder of written expression: Three handwritten repetitions of the phrase "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" on lined paper.The writing, by an adult with dysgraphia, exhibits variations in letter formation, inconsistent spacing, and irregular alignment, all key characteristics of the condition.