| Title: |
Expressive Language Deficits: A Study of Broca?s Aphasia |
| Author(s): |
Esther Ngozi Ani & Samuel Adekunle Adebisi |
| Abstract: |
This study is a clinical and linguistic analysis of Broca?s aphasia. It focuses on the symptoms of Broca?s
aphasia, identifies causes of Broca?s aphasia, ascertains how to diagnose Broca?s aphasics and evaluates
the best ways to rehabilitate Broca?s aphasics. The methods of data collection is secondary data collection
and oral interview. The research adopts descriptive method of data analysis. Skinner?s Behaviourism and
Chomsky?s Psycholinguistic theory are the theoretical models adopted for this study. The findings reveal
that Broca?s aphasics are characterised by great effort in communication; pauses in speeches; and use of
telegraphic and agrammatical speeches. The study concludes that there is no standard treatment for Broca?s
aphasia though, there are some devices used in treating or rehabilitating Broca?s aphasics including,
Melodic intonation therapy, Constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT), Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation (TMS) and oral-motor therapy. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of Broca?s
aphasia as a speech impairment as well as a complex language disorder with multi-layered consequences.
The study recommends that other researchers should investigate Wernicke's aphasia to find out if there are
similarities in the symptoms presented by patients of both Broca and Wernickes? aphasia to further deepen
understanding and treatment of the disorders. |
| Keywords: |
Broca?s aphasia, Language disorders, Agrammatism, Clinical linguistics, Neurolinguistics.
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EBONYI JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
