Language production involves the translation of thought into speech, as instantiated by a whole range of mental operations involved in conceptualization, formulation and articulation. This special issue on language production offers a fine sample of the latest research into the various processes involved in speaking. Each contribution addresses different aspects of language production processes, from phonetic and phonological activation, the involvement of syllables in language production, lexical activation and selection, to the role of gestures in conceptualization. This collection of empirical findings and their theoretical embedding is an essential read for those working in the field of language production, in neighbouring areas of psycholinguistics and in linguistics.
J. Bölte, M. Goldrick, P. Zwitserlood, Sublexical, Lexical and
Supralexical Information in Speaking: Current Insights and Directions in
Language Production Research. W. Ziegler, Modelling the Architecture of
Phonetic Plans: Evidence from Apraxia of Speech. J. Cholin, W.J.M. Levelt,
Effects of Syllable Preparation and Syllable Frequency in Speech Production:
Further Evidence for Syllabic Units at a Post-lexical Level. M. Damian, N.
Dumay, Exploring Phonological Encoding through Repeated Segments. R. Abdel
Rahman, A. Melinger, Semantic Context Effects in Language Production: A
Swinging Lexical Network Proposal and a Review. B. Mahon, A. Caramazza, Why
Does Lexical Selection Have to be so Hard? Comment on Abdel Rahman and
Melinger's Swinging Lexical Network Proposal. R. Abdel Rahman, A. Melinger,
Dismissing Lexical Competition Does Not Make Speaking Any Easier: A Rejoinder
to Mahon and Caramazza. S. Kita, Competing Conceptual Representations Trigger
Co-speech Representational Gestures.
Jens Boelte, Matthew Goldrick, Pienie Zwitserlood
