ABSTRACT
Two classic papers describe the cognitive breakdown of W.L.P., a patient with a diagnosis of primary degenerative dementia. Appearing in successive years, these papers detail her breakdown of semantic memory and the remarkable retention of syntactic knowledge (Schwartz, Marin, & Saffran, 1979) and preserved oral reading of irregular words that she could not understand (Schwartz, Saffran, & Marin, 1980).
