Speech and Situation: A Psychological Conception of Situated Speaking

Abstract

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Some Comments on the Psychology of Language as Understood by the Author.- 1.2 Cognitive Processes in Speech Production - A Neglected Research Topic.- 1.3 Overview of the Book.- 2 Speech Production.- 2.1 On Speaking in General.- 2.2 A Basic Model of Speech Production.- 2.3 A Look at the Propositional Base of the Utterance.- 2.4 The Pars Pro Toto Principle.- 2.5 Conclusion.- 3 Situational Influences.- 3.1 Situations: Diverse and Indeterminate.- 3.2 Examples of Situational Influences on Speech.- 3.3 Situational Influences on Selection of Semantic Input (Some methodological considerations).- 4 Naming of Objects.- 4.1 Naming and Object Context.- 4.2 Multiple Codability.- 4.3 Naming as Selection of Input Components.- 5 Levels of Speech.- 5.1 Diaphasic Variations in Object Naming.- 5.2 Topic Proximity and Social Distance.- 5.3 Toward Psychological Determination of Speech Level.- 5.4 Three Experiments on Speech Level Variation.- 5.5 Word Choice: Lexical Encoding Plus Semantic Input Selection.- 6 Requesting.- 6.1 Variations in Requests for Action.- 6.2 Situational Determination of Requests.- 6.3 Some Experimental Findings.- 6.4 Conclusion.- 7 Epilogue: Qualifications and Generalizations.- References.- Author Index.