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speech production

speech production

4.4
The way a person makes clear spoken words other people can understand
  • noun
  • /spiːtʃ prəˈdʌkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : producción del habla
  • Many children face challenges with speech production during their early development.
  • speech production tasks
  • normal speech production
  • speech production accuracy

So so you're using at least four brain circuits, which includes the speech production and the speech perception pathways to write Incredible.

Examples

  • Interestingly, several speech production variables correlated with comprehension variables.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Research has shown that bilingualism can enhance speech production skills in children.

  • Most studies of human communication have concentrated on speech production or language processing separately.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Do examiners need experience with test administration in general or with tests of speech production in particular?

    Academic text (2015)

  • A number of experimental observations have suggested that speech perception and speech production are linked.

    Academic text (2011)

  • During the first portion of the session, the speech production protocol was completed, and kinematic data were collected.

    Academic text (2011)

  • There have been no previous studies of the direct influence of linguistic complexity on speech production in PD.

    Academic text (2011)

  • For example, does performance on a test of speech production predict speech production accuracy in adolescence or adulthood?

    Academic text (2015)

  • Speech production accuracy correlated with the two complex conditions of the receptive language task.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Generally, articulation disorders are conceptualized as any abnormality of speech production, including omissions, substitutions, distortions, and additions of sounds.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

speaking
vsspeech production
4 1.0

The act of talking to other people, for example giving a speech

focuses on producing clearly intelligible spoken language rather than any spoken output

How Fluent

speech production
  • Specialized
4.4

Surface Forms

speech production singular
speech productions plural

Morphology

speech + production

The meaning 'the process of producing spoken language' is directly and compositionally derived from 'speech' (spoken language) + 'production' (the act of producing). This noun–noun compounding meaning 'the production of X' is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrase speech production compares talking to making something: speech is the words we say and production means 'making', so it refers to the steps the mouth, breath and voice use to make spoken language.