Language Areas of the Brain

Brocas Area
The area comprises of the Brodmann areas 44 and 45, which lie anterior to the
premotor cortex in the inferior posterior portion of the frontal lobe. Both area 44
and area 45 contribute to verbal fluency as well as other separate functions.

Area 44, which is located in in the posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus
seems to be involved in phonological processing and in language production as
such. The role is facilitated in areas close to the motor centers for the mouth and
the tongue.
Area 45, which is located in the anterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus, seems
more involved in the semantic aspects of language though it is not directly
involved in accessing meaning.
Wernickes Area
The area lies in left temporal lobe. The temporal planum is a key anatomical
component
located on the superior temporal gyrus, in the superior portion of
Brodmann area 22. Given the language functions that Wernickes area performs,
this is a very strategic location. It lays between the primary auditory cortex, which
is Brodmann areas, 41 and 42 and the inferior lobule.

Two main distinct regions are what compose the lobule, the angular gyrus (area
39) which itself is bounded by the visual occipital areas (area 17, 18 and 19) and
dorsally the supramarginal gyrus (area 40).
Angular Gryus
The posterior cingulate gyrus with the angular gyrus seem more involved in
semantic processing, the right angular gyrus appears as active as the left which
reveals that the right hemisphere also contributes to semantic processing of
language.
Supramarginal Gyrus
Is involved in phonological and articulatory processing of words.