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Speech The act of speaking; the natural exercise of the vocal organs; the utterance of words or sentences; oral expression of thought or feeling.
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Language
Language
• The system of spoken or written communication used by a particular country, people, community, etc., typically consisting of words used within a regular grammatical and syntactic structure.
Speech
• The act of speaking; the natural exercise of the vocal organs; the utterance of words or sentences; oral expression of thought or feeling.
Language Structures
Broca’s Area
• Controls language expression• Usually in the left frontal lobe• Directs muscle movement
involved in speech
Wernicke’s Area
• Controls language reception• Usually in the left temporal lobe• Language comprehension and
expressions
Angular Gyrus
• Transforms visual representation into an auditory code
From written text to spoken word
Angular Gyrus
Wernicke’s Area Broca’s Area
Corpus Callosum• Large band of neural fibers connecting the 2 brain
hemispheres and carrying messages between them
