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THINGS TO COVER

Definition of Dissolution: Language loss

Causes of language loss

Dissolution due to brain damage (The evidence from Aphasia)

Dissolution from non-damaged brains

Autism

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Definition of language loss

Dissolution is when speakers of a language present deficit

in their language production or is no longer in use.

Unhappy accidents

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Causes of language loss

Traumatic events

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Causes of language loss

Genetic dice

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Causes of language loss

Aphasia is the inability to produce or comprehend speech, as a result of brain

damage.

There are many different types of aphasia, but the classic types are Broca’s

aphasia and Wernicke’s aphasia.

Broca’s aphasia

Wernicke’s aphasia

Also called motor aphasia, the inability to

produce words or speak fluently as a

result of damage to Broca’s area.

Also called sensory aphasia, the

inability to comprehend speech or

written language as a result of damage

to Wernicke’s area.

but does not affect

intelligence.

Dissolution due to brain damage (The

evidence from Aphasia)

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Dissolution from non-damaged

brain

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Stuttering:- is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken

by repetitions. E.g "W- W- W- Where are you going?"

Autism:- is a lifelong developmental disability that affects the way a person

communicates and relates to people around them. Autism appears within the

first three years of life. Most people with autism have limited interests, strange

eating, sleeping behaviors or tendency to do things to hurt themselves, such

as banging their heads or biting their hands.

AUTISM SAMPLE VIDEO

THANK

YOU

Gorge Yule, “The Study of Language”

Fourth Edition.

Thomas Scovel, “Psycholinguistics”

http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorde

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