Question

geraldine suffered a stroke that left her with a 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 likely has damage to _____ of her brain. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Answer 1

Broca's

Step-by-step explanation:

Broca's area: The term "Broca's area" is also written as "Broca area" and is described as one of the different regions of the brain i.e, in the "dominant hemisphere" (mostly left hemisphere) of the frontal lobe of an individual's brain. Broca's area is responsible for functioning in speech production.

If an individual's Broca area is being damaged then he or she might develop "aphasia" i.e, an individual loses the capability to communicate or understand speech utilizing language.

In the question above, the given statement represents Broca's area.