Models of language postulate the existence of an expressive language area in the left ventrolateral frontal region (Broca's area) (Grodzinsky and Amunts, 2006),which is connected to temporo-parietal language regions via the arcuate fasciclus (Geschwind, 1970).
This is often described as the motor, or expressive, speech area; damage to it results in Broca aphasia, a language disorder characterized by deliberate, telegraphic speech with very simple grammatical structure, though the speaker may be quite clear as to what he wishes to say and may communicate successfully.
In many ways, putting an expressive stamp on the area has also been an act of celebration on the part of the African-American population that migrated here from Manhattan and Brooklyn from the 1940s through the '60s.
"It seemed so fundamental to him that the sexual was quintessentially an area of expressive, meaningful communication," said Dr. Simon's son Jonathan, a law professor at the University of Miami.
People with a lesion to this area develop expressive aphasia, meaning that they know what they want to say, they just cannot get it out.
This child, a male, weighed 2.1 kg at 37 weeks and presented with hypotonia and developmental delay, particularly in the area of expressive speech.
Additionally, there has been an increased use of so-called "free speech zones," designated areas for expressive activity used to corral and block protestors at political events from interacting with public officials.
There are possible trends (p < 0.10) towards improvement in the areas of Expressive Language (p = 0.06) and Play (p = 0.09)).
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) display dysfunction in the areas of expressive language production and quality, socialization ability, and control of excessive repetitive thoughts and behaviors [ 1].
