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from Part V - Language, Our Greatest Gift
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2023
The ability to speak a language rests on physical aspects of our brains. We can identify areas which are especially important for language, and we can examine individuals with language impairments to gain some insights into the manner in which knowledge of language is stored in the brain. This study of language in relation to the brain is called neurolinguistics. It is a special field which is becoming increasingly a focus of interest for linguists. It is true that it is not possible to pinpoint linguistic activity in the brain, to put the transmission of minute electrical currents between nerve cells in correlation with the production of language. Nor can linguistic structures be assigned to the information stored in these cells.
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