Verbal-Lexical Expression ofIndonesian-Speaking Persons with Broca’s Aphasia

Abstract

- This study aims to explain the patterns of construction of verbal expressions in the lexical aspects of Indonesian Broca’s aphasia persons. This study was conducted using qualitative-descriptive methods with a case study approach. The results showed that the types of verbal-lexical expressionsof people with Broca’s aphasiacomprised the production of quite a lot of language jargon, the occurrence of substitution of target words while speaking, the symptoms of echolalia (repetition of words) and the form of linguistic fillers as of a silent pause, the pause filled form (filled with sounds and words/phrases/clauses), and repetitions of words/topics of conversation.