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Download full textJohnsen, Birgitta – 1990
In the neurolinguistic approach to the study of the acquisition of reading and writing, language may be used to express thoughts and intellectual attitudes as well as emotions and emotional attitudes. Experimental studies and clinical data suggest that grammatical rules for spoken language predominantly rely on the left hemisphere of the brain,…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedAram, Dorothy M.; Eisele, Julie A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1994
This article discusses the hypothesis of unilateral left hemisphere damage as an explanatory model for the neurological basis of specific language impairment considering both evidence challenging the theory as well as evidence supporting it. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Etiology, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
