1st Edition
Aphasia in Atypical Populations
352 Pages
by
Psychology Press
350 Pages
by
Psychology Press
352 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Theory and research in aphasiology have typically concentrated on a limited population--right-handed adult monolinguals whose language uses an alphabetic code. Bilingual individuals, ideographical code users, and children (among others) have been separated out. This book examines the available data from these "atypical" aphasics, asking whether what makes them different has a significant effect on... Read more
Contents: Preface. A. Basso, M-L. Rusconi, Aphasia in Left-Handers. M. Paradis, Aphasia in Bilinguals: How Atypical Is It? P.F. Paquier, H.R. van Dongen, Is Acquired Childhood Aphasia Atypical? J. Gandour, Aphasia in Tone Languages. A. Yamadori, Aphasia in Ideograph Readers: The Case of Japanese. P. Coppens, M.A. de Mattos Pimenta Parente, A.R. Lecours, Aphasia in Illiterate Individuals. P. Coppens, S. Hungerford, Crossed Aphasia. D. Corina, Aphasia in Users of Signed Languages. P. Coppens, Y. Lebrun, A. Basso, How Atypical Are the Atypical Aphasias?
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Patrick Coppens, Yvan Lebrun, Anna Basso
"Apart from the obvious science that forms an excellent foundation for each chapter, there are frequent references to individual case data that make the volume, not only an excellent theoretical reference book, but one that is also interesting and entertaining."
—Contemporary Psychology
