This document discusses the relationship between language and the brain. It outlines two key language areas in the brain - Broca's area, which is involved in speech production, and Wernicke's area, which is involved in speech comprehension. The document examines how linguistic functions are organized in the brain.

1. NEUROLINGUISTICS
The study of the relationship
between
Language and the Brain
Öğr. Gör. Aylin Aydın

4. LANGUAGE AREAS
IN THE BRAIN
1.Broca’s Area
2.Wernicke’s Area

6. Broca’s
Area
Anterior Speech Cortex
It is crucially involved in the
production of speech

7. Wernicke’s
Area
Posterior Speech Cortex
It is crucially involved in the
understanding of speech

14. How our
LINGUISTIC
functions are
organized
in the brain