agrammatism
[/ˌeɪɡrəˈmætɪzəm/]
nounpl: agrammatisms
agramatismo
1. A language disorder characterized by difficulty in understanding or producing grammatically correct sentences, often resulting from brain injury or aphasia
The patient's agrammatism made it difficult for him to form sentences with proper verb conjugations.
O agramatismo do paciente dificultava a formação de frases com conjugações verbais corretas.
2. In linguistics, the inability to use or comprehend grammatical structures and syntactic rules
Agrammatism is commonly observed in patients with Broca's aphasia.
O agramatismo é comumente observado em pacientes com afasia de Broca.
Agrammatism is primarily a clinical and medical term used by speech-language pathologists, neurologists, and linguists. It is not commonly used in everyday conversation but is important in clinical diagnoses and rehabilitation settings in both Brazil and the United States. The condition is often associated with stroke recovery and neurological rehabilitation programs.
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