Thinking for speaking and thinking for listening: the interaction of thought and language in typical and non-fluent comprehension and production

DIPPER, Lucy, BLACK, Maria and BRYAN, Karen (2005). Thinking for speaking and thinking for listening: the interaction of thought and language in typical and non-fluent comprehension and production. Language and Cognitive Processes, 20 (3), 417-441.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01690960444000089
Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1080/01690960444000089

Abstract

In this paper, we reconsider some of the processes that distinguish production and comprehension. In particular, we discuss the specific forms of thinking involved in each: "thinking for speaking" and "thinking for listening" (Black & Chiat, 2000; Slobin 1996). We argue that thinking for speaking (or for any form of language output) crucially involves schematisation or "paring down" of conceptual information (Dipper, 1999) a process partly driven by the language system itself. Thinking for listening, on the other hand, involves an "enrichment" of skeletal conceptual information derived from the linguistic input, using pragmatic principles. Production and comprehension involve distinct forms of interaction between thought and language, and should not be characterised as a simple reversal of the same processes. This approach allows us to account for different patterns of production and comprehension in non-fluent aphasia, and predict some of the factors that facilitate processing for people with these languages.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Centre for Health and Social Care Research
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/01690960444000089
Page Range: 417-441
Depositing User: Carole Harris
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2013 11:21
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 20:00
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6710

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