aphasia English · revision 1276

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈfeɪzɪə/, /əˈfeɪʒə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|la-new|aphasia]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[grc|ἀφασία|tr=aphasía|t=speechlessness]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''a-'' “without” and ''phásis'' “utterance”, from ''phánai'' “to speak”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) French ''aphasie'' was known by 1826, but the form taken into English was the Latin one.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Loss of the ability to speak or to understand language, caused by disease or injury of the brain (1867).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Frederic Bateman wrote in 1868 that the condition was then much discussed, the French Academy having devoted several sessions to it in 1865.^(Etymonline) The meaning has stayed the same.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1826 – French ''aphasie''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1867 – ''aphasia'' in English.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Partial or total loss of the ability to express ideas in words or to understand spoken or written [[language]], caused by damage to the [[brain]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aphasiac]]

+ * [[aphasic]]

+ * [[Wernicke's aphasia]]

+ * [[Broca's aphasia]]

+ * [[motor aphasia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dysphasia]]

+ * [[-phasia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}