ABSTRACT
A complaint frequently voiced by aphasic patients is, 'I know what I want to say, but I can't say it.' The patient's effortful, and often unsuccessful scarch for a target word is a source of embarrassment and frustration. The reader's own experiences with a word on 'the tip of the tongue' begin to approximate to those of the aphasic adult with anomia. You may recall the first letter of the word, the number of syllables, even the point of primary stress, but you cannot retrieve the word.
