THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY OF BROCA'S APHASIA

Authors

  • Yoke Lian Lau 1Department of Applied Linguistics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-7683
  • Chek Kim Loi Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, 87000 Labuan, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
  • Mohd Nor Azan bin Abdullah Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, 88400, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.mnj.2021.007.02.8

Keywords:

Broca's aphasia, Tan, Lelong, History, Development

Abstract

Broca's aphasia is a type of aphasia named after the French surgeon Broca. Broca's aphasic patients experienced difficulty in speaking, but they could understand both spoken and written language. There were three essential patients in the historical development of the study of Broca's aphasia. Louis Victor Leborgne (1809–1861) was also known as Monsieur Leborgne or 'Tan' as he could only utter the syllable 'Tan' throughout his 21 years of illness. The second patient was called Lazare Lelong. His language ability was slightly better than Leborgne. He could utter simple syllables, such as oui (yes), non (no), and this (trois or three). The third patient was Gage, a railway company worker. Broca studied similar cases in the following years and planned a brain function localization theory.

Author Biographies

Yoke Lian Lau, 1Department of Applied Linguistics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China

Department of Applied Linguistics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China

Chek Kim Loi, Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, 87000 Labuan, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, 87000 Labuan, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Mohd Nor Azan bin Abdullah, Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, 88400, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, 88400, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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2021-07-07

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Lian Lau, Y., Kim Loi, C., & Nor Azan bin Abdullah, M. (2021). THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY OF BROCA’S APHASIA. MNJ (Malang Neurology Journal), 7(2), 125–128. https://doi.org/10.21776/ub.mnj.2021.007.02.8

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