Wernicke's aphasia
Speech: phonetically & grammatically normal but meaningless.
generally fluent, unlabored, well articulated.
normal intonation (prosody).
words used inappropriately, nonsense words (neologisms) --> "word salad"
meaning expressed in roundabout way (circumlocution).
Cookie Theft description...
- "Mother is away here working her work to get better, but when she's looking into the two boys looking in the other part. She's working another time..."
Comprehension: severely impaired.