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When Language Breaks Down

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Four programmes on language disorders.
We often take speaking and understanding our mother tongue for granted. In this third programme. David Crystal looks at what can happen to language when adults suffer brain damage as a result of a stroke or an accident, and become ' dvsphasic '.
With MARGARET FAWCUS Producer ALAN WILDING

Contributors

Unknown:
David Crystal
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Margaret Fawcus
Producer:
Alan Wilding
Source: Radio Times

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