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wingedmessenger March 25 2007, 17:38:09 UTC
I've just done another stack of memes. I'm supposed to be essay writing too... 737 words down. God, its so tedious.

Mines on speech production theories. Whats yours?

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floor_sitter March 25 2007, 18:18:39 UTC
Mine's on whether written guidelines can prevent bad practice in care services. 1144 words so far, out of 1500. And I keep getting distracted into playing Reversi on my computer....

What exactly is speech production about? Like, is it how your brain forms the sentences, or how your throat makes the noises, or both?

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wingedmessenger March 25 2007, 20:56:43 UTC
Speech production is about how different theorists hypothesise the brain chooses which word to use and when. Basically about how the brain stores words, like is it an alphabetical mental dictionary or is it by theme ( ... )

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floor_sitter March 26 2007, 00:21:00 UTC
So the pat/pet confusion would suggest it's alphabetical rather than thematic? Interesting.

Something I've noticed about speech is that when I'm ... really not doing too good ... I lose the kind of buffer that lets you mentally play back the sentence you just said and check it for errors. Makes conversation very confusing cos I get worried that I might have said something bizarre, or failed to say it out loud and in English etc, and why is the person looking at me oddly anyway...?

Hmm, yeah. Well I just posted the essay, decided guidlines are a Good Thing but can't do much on their own.

It would be evil if your tutor set a question on something she didn't lecture. Not unheard of though. I'm now imagining this exam hall full of people wanting to try out noises but doing so quietly to avoid the invigilator.... :D

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