SINTACTIC DEFICITITS IN APHASIA: BROCA AND WERNICKE

Abstract

his article examines the features of syntactic impairments in the two main types of aphasia – Broca’s aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia. Definitions and characteristics of each type of aphasia are provided, and typical grammatical errors in patients’ speech are analyzed. Contemporary neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic data are discussed, demonstrating the nature of these impairments and the brain’s compensatory strategies. Examples from diagnostic practice are included, comparing samples of agrammatic and paragrammatic speech with normal speech. In conclusion, the differences between the models of syntactic deficit in Broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia are emphasized, as well as the significance of these findings for understanding the organization of language functions in the brain