Verbal Word Production in Healthy Adults: Current Questions and Problems

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Patrick Bonin

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The aim of the present article is to conduct a (non-exhaustive) survey of the questions and issues that have been addressed and, at a certain level, continue to be à focus of interest in the field of verbal word production among adults who are not affected by pathologies and whom we shall refer to as "healthy" below. Following a brief presentation of certain general features of language, we briefly look at a number of tools and methods used for the study of verbal word production. Thus, we start by looking at the number and characterization of the processing levels that are necessary for word production. In connection with this topic, we also consider the question of the processing levels that are shared between the spoken and written verbal production modalities and, at the same time, the role of phonological codes in written verbal production. Another research question relates to the dynamic involved in the activation of units during verbal production. This issue has given rise to some significant discussions and continues to be an object of exploration. Finally, we conclude this short summary with the question of speed of access to the different units involved in the verbal production of words.

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Bonin, P. (2012). Verbal Word Production in Healthy Adults: Current Questions and Problems. AL-Lisaniyyat, 18(2), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.61850/allj.v18i2.471
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