Communication Characteristics of Broca’s Aphasic Individual With Short-Term Memory Loss: A Study of the Relevance

People with Broca's aphasia (PBA) have been commonly known to show difficulties in expressing language. The speech partner of PBA assumes that PBA’s utterances do not make sense. In fact, ideas arbitrarily. Pragmatically, their communication can still be analyzed. This study aims explain the verbal and non-verbal language characteristics PBA. To achieve this goal, a qualitative approach was carried out using case method on individuals Broca who had hemorrhagic strokes. framework used reveal strategies relevance theory cognition Sperber & Wilson. findings conducted by retrieving words were already available mental lexicon then paraphrasing them through association collocation. Non-verbal cues, especially when individual recalling words. individual's failure produce derive from is result disturbances short-term memory area.