Haskins Publications

Number	1113
Year	1997
Drawer	21
Entry Date	11/22/1999
Authors	Gracco, V.L.
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Publication	In Hulstijn, W., Peters, H.F.M., & Van Lieshout, P.H.H.M. (eds.), Speech Production: Motor Control, Brain Research and Fluency Disorders, pp. 38-56. Elsevier.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1113.pdf
Abstract	Speech is one of man’s most distinguishing traits. At the core of this important communicative behavior is the human nervous system which constantly receives, integrates, and exchanges information on the various operations carried out through a variety of sensorimotor channels. In order to understand speech communication it is essential to understand the machine itself, not only at the level of the physical apparatus but at the level of the physiological components and associated processes. An important assumption is that control principles that govern speech and language production and perception are best understood and unambiguously inferred from a perspective that is grounded in nervous system physiology. The focus of this chapter is to outline a theoretical framework for speech production which explicitly takes into account the contribution of the anatomy and physiology of speech production mechanism as well as information on general nervous system functions and associated regions known to be involved in speech and language production.
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