telegraphic speech

n. A term used in the context of agrammatic oral expression to describe the use of short, deficiently constructed utterances, lacking morphosyntactic requirements (e.g., articles, prepositions, auxiliaries, verb endings), by patients with Broca's or transcortical motor aphasia. Patients with telegraphic or agrammatic expression speak in halting, nonfluent, efforful speech, relying on the most meaningcarrying words (i.e., verbs, nouns, and adjectives) as in “Girl eat apple” or “Eat apple” for “The girl is eating/ate/has eaten the apple.” – JGC