Premium
Broca's Localization Theory Reconsidered
Author(s) -
KRAETSCHMER KURT
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682828009011365
Subject(s) - broca's area , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , cognitive science
Summary The paper gives an account of Broca's historical article “Remarques sur le siège de la faculté du langage articulé” (1861). It focuses on Broca's reflections regarding the general faculty of language. By virtue of a critical analysis of Broca's arguments it is demonstrated that Broca did not advocate the theories of his forerunners, but that he attempted to modify strict localization by proposing localization according to convolutions.