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Rains, Principles of Human Neuropsychology Book Cover
Principles of Human Neuropsychology
G. Dennis Rains, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Language

Chapter Outline

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