1. AL402, E4.5 Academic year: 2010-2011 WINTER CHAPTER 6:LANGUAGE & THE BRAIN Template Lecturer: MeasSopheak Group 1: Vorleak, Sopheap, LeangHy, Sakada, Rachna and Bandith
2. 02 Contents Introduction How independent are the language of multilingual speakers? Multiple language structure in the brain Relationship between L1 & L2 in brain organization Language when brain damage
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6. Right hemisphere is responsible for the movement and nonlinguistic. Ex. Visuospatialinformation.
15. How are multiple language structures organized in relation to one another in the brain? Are both languages stores in the same areas? 14 For at least some multilinguals, it appears that L1 and L2 are stored in somewhat different areas of the brain, but both are predominantly in (probably overlapping) areas of the left hemisphere. The area common to both L1 and L2 storage is near Sylvian fissure in the left hemisphere, but L1 or L2 (more likely L2) is disrupted by stimulation of points further away from the Sylvian fissure.
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17. Age of acquisition influences brain organization. - Vaid (1993): acquiring L2 later in life involves more right hemisphere. - Wuillemin and Richards (1994): acquiring L2 (age 9-12) involves more right hemisphere than before age 4.
