Chapter 2 Exercise # 8_ Lopez

Mirna Callejas-Lopez

Chapter 2: Brain and Language Exercise # 8

The following utterances were made either by Broca’s aphasics or Wernickes’s aphasics.

Indicate which is which by writing a “B” or “W” next to the utterance

Aphasic Syndrome: Neurological term for “any language disorder that results from brain damage caused by disease or trauma. (46)

Brocca’s aphasics: Characterized by labored speech and certain kinds of word-finding difficulties. It affects a person’s ability to form sentences with rules of syntax. (47)

Wernicke’s aphasics: Characterized by being able to produce fluent speech with good intonation, and may largely adhere to the rules of syntax. (48)

utterances:

a. Goodnight and in the pansy I can’t say but into a flipdoor you can see it. (W)

b. b.Well… sunset…uh…horses nine, no, uh, two, tails want swish. (B)

c. Oh…if I could I would, and a sick old man disflined a sinter, minter. (W)

d. Words…words…words…two, four, six, eight,… blaze am he. (B)

Reference from (Fromkin, Rodman, and Hyams, 2011, pp. 45-48)