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Structure in language. Creating form in talk.

K Bock1

  • 1Michigan State University.

The American Psychologist
|November 1, 1990
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Language production research reveals speech errors challenge the idea that sentence structures are reducible to cognitive forces. Syntactic structures are essential for explaining language use.

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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • The study of language comprehension has historically overshadowed language production research.
  • Understanding how humans produce language is crucial for a complete understanding of language use.
  • A key debate in psycholinguistics concerns the relationship between linguistic structure and cognitive function.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how speech error data challenges traditional views of language production.
  • To propose an alternative perspective on the role of syntactic structures in language use.
  • To renew the argument for the necessity of syntactic structures in explaining language production.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of speech error data in psycholinguistic research.

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  • Survey of existing literature on language production and cognitive explanations.
  • Theoretical argumentation regarding the role of syntax in language use.

    • Main Results:

    • Speech errors provide significant challenges to the view that sentence structures are merely byproducts of cognitive forces.
    • Evidence suggests that syntactic structures play an active and necessary role in language production.
    • Progress has been made in developing models that incorporate syntactic structures as fundamental elements.

    Conclusions:

    • The study of language production, particularly through speech errors, offers critical insights into human language use.
    • Syntactic structures are not reducible to general cognitive processes but are essential components of language production.
    • An alternative view, emphasizing the necessity of syntactic structures, offers a more robust explanation for language use.