COMPREHENDING COGNITIVE AND CONVENTIONAL METAPHORS IN PATIENTS WITH APHASIA: EVIDENCE FROM A CASE STUDY IN BROCA’S APHASIA

Abstract

The following case study examines the perception of conceptual/cognitive and conventional/dead metaphors in patients with aphasia. The theoretical background for the prosecution of the empirical part is based on valid references, which are of two minds. On the one hand the linguistic processes of the left hemisphere are considered as a general fact. On the other hand many theories about collaboration between left and right hemisphere, in respect to the total cerebral functions, have been gotten a foothold in the theoretical world. Once the existing diagnostic tools had been taken into consideration, we created a new diagnostic tool, which aims for the evaluation in understanding metaphors. Consequently, our aphasic subject is examined in this kind of evaluation test. Unfortunately, the compilation of quantitative data on the subject is extremely complicated due to the individual aphasic symptoms not only in production but also in understanding of speech and especially in processing of metaphors.