Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subcortical involvement in speech and language : an introduction and historical perspective -- Neuroanatomy and functional neurology of the subcortical region -- Models of subcortical participation in language -- Language disorders associated with striatocapsular and thalamic lesions -- Pallidal and thalamic involvement in language : evidence from stereotactic surgical studies -- Role of the subthalamic nucleus in language -- Influence of the cerebellum on language function -- Degenerative subcortical syndromes : aetiology, clinical features, medical treatment, and associated language disorders -- Assessment and treatment of subcortical language disorders -- Role of the subcortical structures in speech motor control -- Dysarthria associated with subcortical pathologies -- Subcortical dysarthrias : assessment and treatment.