I recently dove into what happens physiologically to the body when inner speech is taking place. Apparently, the larynx is making tiny muscular movements when that little voice inside of your head is talking. In cases of damage to the larynx, would inner speech also be damaged?
Dear Olivia,
Inner speech will not be damaged. When inner speech takes place, our larynx prepares itself to produce sounds by performing tiny muscular movements. Inner speech is connected with our brains' thinking and language processing capacity.
Dear Olivia,
Inner speech will not be damaged. When inner speech takes place, our larynx prepares itself to produce sounds by performing tiny muscular movements. Inner speech is connected with our brains' thinking and language processing capacity.
http://faculty.philosophy.umd.edu/pcarruthers/Causes%20and%20Contents%20of%20Inner%20Speech.pdf
I agree with Emre. Certainly if you are referring to Vygotsky's notion of inner speech he addresses this primarily in Chapter 7 of Thinking and Speech (aka Thought and Language). He goes to great lengths to separate the semiotic characteristics of inner speech from subvocalization. There may be some overt initial genesis to subvocalization but this is only transitory. Hope this helps. Jack
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