What does it mean to predict one's own utterances?

Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Aug;36(4):367-8. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12002786. Epub 2013 Jun 24.

Abstract

Many authors have recently highlighted the importance of prediction for language comprehension. Pickering & Garrod (P&G) are the first to propose a central role for prediction in language production. This is an intriguing idea, but it is not clear what it means for speakers to predict their own utterances, and how prediction during production can be empirically distinguished from production proper.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Comprehension / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Speech / physiology*
  • Speech Perception / physiology*