The Role of Neurolinguistics for Language and Speech Disorders

Abstract

This paper explains the significance of neurolinguistics as one of interdisciplinary fields of linguistics encompassing the analytical procedures on individual speech disorders in producing and using language. The result of analysis is used for designing a model and strategy to improve their language capacity. Neurolinguistics roadmap covers some previous researches done by Sastra et all since 2006. Those studies investigate language and speech disorders including thinking ailments, and answer the inherent question on neurolinguistics contribution for addressing the individual problems to express themselves. Those problems are caused by some disorders on the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Science wise, neurolinguistics will always develop because the language phenomena always happen in human life through thinking and speech.

An Analysis on the Recent Techniques involved in Neurolinguistics

“…It encompasses the analytical procedures on individual levels for dealing with speech disorders in usage and producing language. Neurolinguistic studies conducted before have investigated the contribution of neurolinguistics in language and speech disorders which includes ailments of thinking and expression of self [2]. A major consideration while understanding neurolinguistics is the direct involvement of brain functioning within the tasks of language usage.…”

Therapists’ Issues in Understanding Stuttering

“…Further, the disfluencies of stuttering and normal disfluency overlap creating confusion (6). Stuttering is a speech disorder rather than a language disorder as the expression of speech is undisrupted in stuttering while the natural flow of speech production is affected (7). In stuttering, the nature, type and position of disfluency is noticeably different from other fluency disorders caused by sensori-motor, neuro-linguistic or organic deficits (5).…”