A thirty-year case study of a Russian soldier suffering from a severe syndrome of parietal aphasia is discussed. Luria's book, "The Man with a Shattered World," is based on the soldier's 3,000-page diary, written after a period of training wherein he was told to write as fast as possible. (SCC)

Considering Jakobson's theory that speech disorders involve defects in paradigmatic or in syntagmatic operations, and that these two categories result in different defects, this question was examined: does the syntagmatic group suffer from defects not only in contextual generation of active speech but also in comprehension of grammatical…

This article examines the process of language comprehension by relating the question to aphasia. The premise is that the study of aphasia should lead to a better understanding of the processes involved in comprehension. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Erroneous responses of some aphasic patients resemble the sorts of words a normal person produces when searching for a target word that is on the tip of the tongue. With aphasics, words are well-formed phonologically and the number of syllables and stress patterns are correct also. (SC)

Discusses the possibility of a neurolinguistic interconnection between the parieto-temporo-occipital junction, semantic aphasis, and cognitive and language development around age seven. (Author/HP)

A report on research on agraphia using subjects afflicted with sensory aphasia. It compares performance in Italian, a phonetic language, with performance in French. The disorders in the Italian language appear less varied than in French. (Text is in French.)

A report on results of a study of a large number of subjects afflicted with different types of aphasia. Topics reported are: an experimental study of verbal comprehension and a qualitative study of errors in standard verbal tests. Statistical tables and a bibliography are attached. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Special issue devoted to neurolinguistics and neuropsychology. (VM)

Paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, on September 20, 1971. (VM)

This article presents an overview of neuropsychological and neurolinguistic research done in the field of alexia between 1838 and 1969. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article reviews studies done on alexia and describes experiments designed to distinguish qualitatively between pure alexia (marked by the absence of oral and written problems) and other forms of alexia. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

The linguistic structure of specific introductory type clauses, which appear at a relatively high frequency in the utterances of a severely brain damaged fluent aphasic with neologistic jargon speech, is examined. The analysis is restricted to one fifty-six-year-old male patient who suffered massive subdural hematoma. (SCC)

How significantly is Broca's Area related to speech? It is considered here to be definitely a component in the language mechanism of the brain. It is also stated that this area is unique to people and that it has no unitary function, yet it is specialized for certain expressive (motor) functions. (SCC)

This article reports on experiences in the bilingual education, psychologically and pedagogically planned, of a child who died of brain cancer at age 5. Conclusions are drawn regarding order and method of language learning. (CHK)

A study of graphic disorders observed afflicted with cortical lesions. The topics discussed are: elements of graphic activity, linguistic theories on the relationship between written and spoken language and the principal theses of aphasiologists on disorders in written language. A bibliography is attached. (Text is in French.) (AMH)