Abstract
How does a speaker get from a concept to the articulation of the corresponding word? This is one of the central questions addressed by speech production research. In the last three decades a number of models have been proposed which aim at answering part of this question. While differing in many important details, the various models all assume that the production of spoken language is a complex process entailing a number of subprocesses (Bock, 1982, 1996; Dell, 1986; Garrett, 1975, 1976, 1988; Herrmann and Grabowski, 1994; Kempen and Huijbers, 1983; Levelt, 1989). Typically, three major levels of processing are distinguished, conceptualization, formulation, and articulation.
Some of my own work described in this article was funded by grant Je229/2-1 from the German Research Council. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jörg D. Jescheniak, Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, P.O. Box 500355, D-04303 Leipzig, Germany. Electronic mail may be sent tojeschen@cns.mpg.de.
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Jescheniak, J.D. (1999). Accessing words in speaking: Models, simulations, and data. In: Klabunde, R., von Stutterheim, C. (eds) Representations and Processes in Language Production. Studien zur Kognitionswissenschaft. Deutscher Universitätsverlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-99290-1_9
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