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Motor mechanisms in speech ontogeny: phylogenetic, neurobiological and linguistic implications
1Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. macneilage@psy.utexas.edu
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
|December 13, 2001
Abstract:
The rhythmic mandible-generated close-open alternations of the mouth, responsible for the series of consonant-vowel alternations characteristic of babbling and of languages, is receiving increased attention as a possible manifestation of an ontogenetic and phylogenetic 'frame' underlying the serial organization of speech. The supplementary motor area appears important for production of this consonant-vowel frame in adults.