This important book, by the most distinguished Soviet psychologist of our time, is the product
of almost forty years of extensive research aimed at understanding the cerebral basis of …

Page 1 VILÉM MATHESIUS A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF PRESENT DAY ENGLISH ON A
GENERAL LINGUISTIC BASIS Edited by PROF. Dr. JOSEF VACHEK, DrSc. MOUTON Page 2 …

A survey of psycholinguistic theory and research covering such topics as models of the
communication process; disciplines concerned with human communication; the linguistic …

Along with the semantic and syntactic functions of speech, it is necessary to distinguish also
its pragmatic or directive function. In the development of behavior this function manifests …

In this subject, the first question both logically and chronologically was and is: Can a lesion
(focal damage) of the cerebrum cause a loss of language without causing a loss of …

Seven cases of Alzheimer's disease were studied in detail from a clinical and
neuropathological point of view. The degenerative process was mapped with regard to …

One of the most striking characteristics typical of the speech of Broca's aphasics is its
agrammatism—the omission of 'function'words and inflectional morphemes. Agrammatism is …

In a longitudinal prospective study of dementia, 158 patients were investigated post mortem.
Sixteen patients were classified as frontal lobe dementia (FLD) of non-Alzheimer type and …

This study was undertaken in order to assess the frequency and to explore the role of oral
apraxia in expressive disturbances of speech. Forty right brain damaged patients, 134 left …

Human neuropsychology is a new branch of psychological science that was developed at
the borders of psychology and neurology. Its goal is to study the brain organization of mental …