acataphasia

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noun In pathology, faultiness of syntax resulting from disease, as contrasted with the faulty use of individual words. See aphasia.

noun pathology A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax

noun a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner

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Agrammatism in child-language always appears in company with acataphasia, often also in insane persons.

The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.
_ -- Many children, long after they have overcome acataphasia and agrammatism, delight in inserting between words sounds, syllables, and words that do not belong there; e. g., they double the last syllable of every word and put an _eff_ to it: _ich-ich-eff_, _bin in-eff_, etc., or they make a kind of bleat between the words

The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.