ABSTRACT
We have attempted in this book to highlight the development of the main features of aphasia and its forms and variations and the classifications and typologies that have emerged from various theoretical standpoints over the centuries. This is a rich and varied history and we could have gone into further detail on the development of ideas and research on any number of topics. But such detail would be inappropriate in an introductory text like this one. However, we can perhaps provide an illustration of the historical development of the forms of aphasia by sketching the evolution of the topic that has attracted the most attention in aphasiology – Broca’s aphasia and Broca’s area.
