Semantic dyslexia

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Semantic Dyslexia is, as the name suggests, a subtype of the group of cognitive disorders known as dyslexia. Those who suffer from semantic dyslexia are unable to properly attach words to their meanings in reading and/or speech. When confronted with the word 'diamond', they may understand it as 'sapphire', 'shiny' or 'diamonds'; when asking for a bus ticket, they may ask for some paper or simply 'a thing'.

Semantic Dyslexia may be a sign of so-called deep dyslexia.

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• John C. Marshall1 and Freda Newcombe, Patterns of paralexia: A psycholinguistic approach, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Volume 2, Number 3, pp 175 - 199, September 1973 [1]