Geraldine suffered a stroke which left her with language impairment. she has good comprehension, but produces speech that contains mostly content morphemes such as "car,&qu…

Question

Geraldine suffered a stroke which left her with language impairment. she has good comprehension, but produces speech that contains mostly content morphemes such as "car," "book," and "cup," and lacks function morphemes such as "and," "but," and "the." geraldine most likely has damage to _____ of her brain.

Answer 1

The left part of the cerebrum controls speech and language hence this section of the brain most likely is damaged from her stroke. This damage is actually called expressive aphasia.