Agrammatic Aphasia

A type of non-fluent aphasia characterised by difficulty with sentence structure and grammar, while word selection is relatively preserved. People with agrammatic aphasia typically produce short, effortful utterances that omit function words (such as articles, prepositions, and conjunctions) and have difficulty with verb tenses and morphological endings. Their speech often sounds telegraphic — containing mainly content words with limited grammatical structure. Comprehension of complex grammatical constructions may also be impaired. Agrammatic aphasia is commonly associated with damage to Broca's area in the left frontal lobe of the brain, often resulting from stroke.