Abstract
There has been little research on the fluency of language production and individual difference variables, such as intelligence and executive function. In this study, we report data from 106 participants who completed a battery of standardized cognitive tasks and a sentence production task. For the sentence production task, participants were presented with two objects and a verb and their task was to formulate a sentence. Four types of disfluency were examined: filled pauses (e.g. uh, um), unfilled pauses, repetitions, and repairs. Repetitions occur when the speaker suspends articulation and then repeats the previous word/phrase, and repairs occur when the speaker suspends articulation and then starts over with a different word/phrase. Hierarchical structural equation modeling revealed a significant relationship between repair disfluencies and inhibition. Conclusions focus on the role of individual differences in cognitive ability and their role in models and theories of language production.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 424-432 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Acta Psychologica |
| Volume | 144 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2013 |
Keywords
- Disfluency
- Executive function
- Inhibition
- Intelligence
- Language production
- Speech fluency
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)