Language is probably the only thing that distinguishes humans from animals. The ability to share thoughts and ideas through speech allows humans to function as a group, allowing humanity to function as an entity greater than the sum of its separate individuals. Music shares similar properties, as it is also transmitted and perceived through sound. Both have the potential to connect people and are innate properties of human beings. The aim of this article is to discover further links between the two based on empirical evidence. The main sources that will be consulted are articles produced by Dr. Aniruddh Patel, a pioneer in the field of music psychology, with work ranging from musical cognition to rhythm perception. The first study conducted by Patel & Daniele (2003) focuses on one of the two main points of interest of musicologists and linguists alike: the effect of the prosody of a particular language on the music produced by native speakers of that language. In the introduction, the authors reflect on the long-held intuition that there is a connection between the two, however, they reject its validity on the grounds that there is no empirical evidence to support such a claim. Three challenges are raised that explain the claim why this was the case. To establish empirical value, first, there must be some “extent” to which prosodic structure can be quantified across multiple languages. Secondly, this measurement method must also be able to be applied to music, since the aim of the study is to establish a link between the two. Finally, it is necessary to consult a large sample of speech and music in order to establish empirical evidence that can be applied universally to... middle of the article ......completely consolidates the two main theories regarding syntactic processing in the realms of music and language and explains the paradoxical phenomenon of patients with aphasia and amusia. Furthermore, SSIRH theory sheds light on potential future research that can be conducted to uncover empirically supported truths regarding the relationship between music and language. This is especially true of recent developments in brain imaging techniques. In conclusion, the two studies show that language and music are certainly related and that this relationship can be highlighted through empiricism. The first article demonstrates a case in which language can influence music through prosody ingrained in speakers of a particular language. The second article takes a step deeper to reconcile exactly how the two are related in a neuropsychological framework.