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Louis Goldstein1, Marianne Pouplier, Larissa Chen

  • 1Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.

Cognition
|July 11, 2006
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This study reveals that speech production involves dynamically assembled action units, or gestures, supporting a general theory of action for spoken language. Kinematic data from speech errors provide evidence for these gestural units and their coordination.

Area of Science:

  • Speech production and articulation
  • Motor control and action theory
  • Linguistics and phonetics

Background:

  • Compositional units in spoken language historically differ from control units in other motor tasks.
  • Speech errors, or 'slips of the tongue', offer insights into the underlying units of speech production.
  • Previous research lacked direct kinematic evidence of articulatory movements during speech errors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the nature of compositional units in spoken language using empirical kinematic data.
  • To test the hypothesis that speech production involves dynamically defined action units (gestures).
  • To explore the relationship between speech articulation and a general theory of action.

Main Methods:

  • Elicitation of speech errors in a laboratory setting using a repetition task.

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  • Collection of kinematic data focusing on tongue and lip movements during elicited speech errors.
  • Analysis of movement patterns to identify underlying articulatory units and their coordination.

    • Main Results:

    • Kinematic data provide direct evidence for the presence of gestural units in speech production.
    • The results support the dynamic and coordinated nature of these gestural units.
    • Observed movement patterns are consistent with the assembly of gestures in a linguistically structured sequence.

    Conclusions:

    • Speech production is characterized by the assembly of dynamically defined gestural units.
    • These findings support a unified theory of action applicable to both speech and other skilled motor behaviors.
    • The study advances our understanding of speech articulation and its underlying control mechanisms.