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Lost Words : Narratives of Language and the Brain, 1825-1926 /
In the mid-nineteenth century, physicians observed numerous cases in which individuals lost the ability to form spoken words, even as they remained sane and healthy in most other ways. By studying this condition, which came to be known as "aphasia," neurologists were able to show that func...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; ONE: Construing Silence; TWO: "The Word Turned Upside Down"; THREE: The Discourse of Aphasia; FOUR: John Hughlings Jackson and the Predicament of the "Speechless Man"; FIVE: Head Wounds; SIX: Dissonant Voices; SEVEN: Making Good; Conclusion; INDEX.