BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
(Part I)
Chapter 11
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Dr. Olson
BSL 565 - Contemporary Linguistics


INTRODUCTION

This chapter discusses the brain and language.  It briefly covers brain structure and methods of studying it.  The major discussions in this chapter involve language disturbances resulting from brain damage and possible brain representations of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics.

Read Chapter 11 before you begin these activities.

Terms you should be familiar with:
 
neurolinguistics Wernicke's area angular gyrus fluent aphasia
dichotic listening Broca's area aphasia cerebral cortex
split brain experiments corpus callosum nonfluent aphasia lateralized
computerized axial tomography cerebral blood flow studies contralateral Positron Emission Tomography

Section I.  The Human Brain
Section II.  Investigating the Brain

I.  By having read pages 415-424, you will be able to answer the following questions.

1.  What distinguishes the human brain from a nonhuman brain?
2.  In what ways can the cerebral hemispheres be considered to be two separate brains?
3.  What are the various techniques used to investigate the brain?

II.  Review these sites and  write a summary.

General Health
The Human Brain
PET
Brain
The Learning Web


Section III.  Aphasia - Nonfluent & Fluent

I.  Read pages 424-428, and answer the following questions.

1.  What is nonfluent aphasia?
2.  Describe Broca's aphasia, and explain its importance.
3.  What is fluent aphasia?
4.   Describe Wernicke's aphasia to show its differences Broca's aphasia.

II.  Review these sites and write a summary.

National Encephalitis Foundation
Two Bilingual Roads
Broca
Facts About Aphasia
Language Cortex

CONCLUSION

I.  Finish tonight's work by writing a conclusion.  What is the most important material or site you reviewed?  Read and react to your colleagues' responses and conclusions.

II.  Connect with an expert: Make a comment, request information, ask a question of, or otherwise connect to an expert on this subject through e-mail.  Post a copy of your e-mail to this forum (copy/paste).  A general expert site has been provided for you to use, but you are not limited to this site.

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Textbook:  Contemporary Linguistics-Third Edition
Authors: O'Grady, William
          Dobrovolsky, Michael
          Aronoff, Mark
 
 
 
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