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  1. Semantic Paraphasia: Brain Pathways and Everyday …

    Apr 29, 2025 · Semantic paraphasia manifests as the unintended substitution of words with semantically related alternatives, often disrupting the meaning of a sentence. For example, a …

  2. What Is Semantic Paraphasia? Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment

    Nov 14, 2025 · Semantic paraphasia is a specific language production error where an individual substitutes an intended word with a real word that is related in meaning. This type of error is …

  3. What Is Paraphasia | The Aphasia Library

    Also known as semantic paraphasia, is when an entire word is substituted for the intended word. In a semantic paraphasia, it is a word with a similar meaning, such as saying “son” instead of …

  4. Semantic Paraphasia | Springer Nature Link (formerly SpringerLink)

    Johann Gesner in 1770 is credited with the first in-depth description of semantic paraphasias in fluent aphasia on the basis of association psychological theory (Benton, 2000). To begin with, …

  5. Paraphasia - Wikipedia

    Paraphasia is a type of language output error commonly associated with aphasia and characterized by the production of unintended syllables, words, or phrases during the effort to …

  6. Paraphasia - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    Semantic paraphasia is the substitution of the intended word with another word having an associative meaning. For example, the word “apple” may be produced as “banana.”

  7. Differential diagnosis of symptoms - BMJ Best Practice

    Jul 19, 2023 · Semantic paraphasias (substituting a semantically related word for a target word, e.g., calling a horse a cow) Phonemic paraphasias (substituting one or more sounds in the …

  8. SEMANTIC PARAPHASIA Definition in Psychology

    Semantic paraphasia represents a specific type of speech disorder characterized by the substitution of a word with another word that is related in meaning but inappropriate for the …

  9. APA Dictionary of Psychology

    Apr 19, 2018 · a form of paraphasia in which conversational speech is fairly fluent but objects are misnamed, although some associative connection may exist. For example, a pipe may be …

  10. Paraphasias Definition - Intro to Brain and Behavior Key Term

    Phonemic paraphasias involve the substitution of sounds within a word, while semantic paraphasias involve replacing a word with another that is semantically related or completely …