10 Aphasia Symptoms
Symptom #5: Excessive Neologisms
Neologism is a term that is used to describe a recent or isolated term, phrase, or word that could enter common use but has not been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are usually directly attributable to the specific person, period, publication, or event.
Neologisms are often created through the combination of existing words and giving these new words new prefixes or suffixes. One good example is the word “brunch” which is a combination of the word breakfast and lunch. Patients with aphasia will have excessive use of neologisms.
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