On naming and pseudonaming

pp. 400-408

in: Kurt Goldstein, Selected papers/ausgewählte Schriften, Berlin, Springer, 1971

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to acquaint the linguist with material that will help elucidate the much discussed phenomenon of naming, and to demonstrate the paramount position of meaning in language. The material concerns patients having speech disturbances due to brain damage, particularly those suffering from so-called amnesic aphasia.¹