LING 1P92 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Corpus Callosotomy, Spoken Language, Wada Test
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The biological basis of language (fernandez & cairns, 2010) 3) language need not be taught; cannot be suppressed. 5) language development is triggered by the environment. Neurobiologist named lenneberg discovered the 5 biological bases of language. Reading & writing don"t have same criteria. Spoken language is not taught to children. They aren"t actively being taught all the rules. Contrast: reading & writing does involve actively being taught. Environment & interaction is involved in acquiring language. Spoken language is biological, controlled by brain. Left brain & right side of body. Right brain & left side of body. Some motor behaviours relating to emotion (punching, kissing) Contribution of each of the 2 hemispheres to language. Certain functions are localized in certain areas of the brain. Inject sodium amytol into carotid: deactivates hemisphere on same side as injection. When the rhem is affected the counting is disrupted for 15-20 sec. When the rhem is affected the counting is disrupted for 1-3 min.
