Keywords
Silencing, language-as-identity, aphasia, writing-as-retrieval
Abstract
Language was my home. I had a prolonged aphasic speech and writing block. Felt as if I was in exile. I slowly fought my way back amongst the ‘language owners’. Because of my funny stroke-induced accent, people tend to treat me like a foreigner. I began to write lyrics and prose to improve my language ability and also to show ‘them’, as well as myself, that I can do it. And that I can say again: language is my home.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40526
DOI
10.15760/amplify.2023.2.1.6
Recommended Citation
Othenin-Girard, Corinne
(2023)
"Language Was My Home: I had it in my mind - but not on my tongue (Grappling with Aphasia),"
Amplify: A Journal of Writing-as-Activism:
Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
https://doi.org/10.15760/amplify.2023.2.1.6