TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Language PY - 2014 T2 - Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition AB - Language Has Many Functional Levels: Phonemes, Morphemes, Words, and SentencesLanguage Acquisition in Children Follows a Universal PatternThe "Universalist" Infant Becomes Linguistically Specialized by Age 1 YearLanguage Uses the Visual SystemProsodic Cues Assist Learning of Words and SentencesInfants Use Transitional Probabilities to Identify Words in Continuous SpeechThere Is a Critical Period for Language Learning"Motherese" Enhances Language LearningSeveral Cortical Regions Are Involved in Language ProcessingLanguage Circuits in the Brain Were First Identified in Studies of AphasiaThe Left Hemisphere Is Specialized for Phonetic, Word, and Sentence ProcessingProsody Engages Both Right and Left Hemispheres Depending on the Information ConveyedLanguage Processing in Bilinguals Depends on Age of Acquisition and Language UseThe Model for the Neural Basis of Language Is ChangingBrain Injuries Responsible for the Aphasias Provide Important Insights into Language ProcessingBroca Aphasia Results from a Large Lesion in the Left Frontal LobeWernicke Aphasia Results from Damage to Left Posterior Temporal Lobe StructuresConduction Aphasia Results from Damage to a Specific Sector of Posterior Language AreasGlobal Aphasia Results from Widespread Damage to Several Language CentersTranscortical Aphasias Result from Damage to Areas Near Broca's and Wernicke's AreasThe Classical Aphasias Have Not Implicated All Brain Areas Important for LanguageAn Overall View SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101685942 ER -