Hizkuntza-aniztasuna eta elebitasuna afasiologian

Abstract

The studies of aphasiology shows a great lack of linguistic diversity and bilingual research. This has serious consequences, on the one hand, because the symptomatology of aphasia differs from one language to another, and on the other hand, because in the case of bilingual people, the types of impairment and recovery can be different in each language. This study has analysed the papers on aphasia between 2010 and 2014 in order to know how linguistic diversity and bilingualism is represented in such literature and to fill the gap between Beveridge and Bak (2011) and Mendia (2022). The results reveal a similar trend over the last 20 years: the study of English individuals with aphasia stands out, along with the Indo-European languages, while studies on bilinguals are still very rare (6.72%).