MUC splits language across memory, unification, and control

Correct: B — The left inferior frontal gyrus, working with temporal-cortex memory stores and prefrontal control

Hagoort (2014) reviewed converging fMRI, lesion, and ERP evidence to argue that language relies on three interacting components: long-term linguistic memory in temporal cortex, unification (binding morphemes, words, and phrases into compositional meaning) centered in the left inferior frontal gyrus, and a prefrontal control system that selects the appropriate language register and resolves ambiguity. The model integrates classical Broca/Wernicke localization with modern network views and extends naturally to bilingual control and pragmatic comprehension. It remains a useful organizing scheme for placing specific language deficits within a single architecture.