CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE IN CHILDREN: NATURE VERSUS NURTURE
LANGUAGE DISORDERS: THE CONCEPT OF APHASIA
Wernicke's Aphasia
Broca's Aphasia
Global Aphasia
The Transcortical Aphasias
Other Central Language Disorders
THE DISCONNECTION SYNDROME HYPOTHESIS APPLIED TO LANGUAGE DISORDERS
MAJOR COMPONENTS OF LANGUAGE FUNCTION
Auditory Word Comprehension
Word Retrieval
Sentence Comprehension and Production
Speech Production
Acquired Reading Impairment
Spelling
Writing
FURTHER THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
THE RIGHT HEMISPHERE AND LANGUAGE
HEMISPHERIC ANATOMICAL ASYMMETRIES
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN LANGUAGE
SUMMARY