Language production:

refers to the process involved in creating and expressing meaning through language. According to Levelt
(1989), language production contains four successive stages:

 Conceptualization

 Formulation

 Articulation

 Self-regulation

 First, we must conceptualize what we wish to communicate;

 Second, we formulate this thought into a linguistic plan;

 Third, we execute the plan through the muscles in the speech system;

 Finally, we monitor ore speech, assessing whether it is what we intended to say and whether we said
it the way we intended to.

The study of language production:

• Language production is assumed to have four sequential stages (Levelt, 1989).

• Conceptualization: planning the message

• Formulation: grammatical, lexical and

phonological encoding of the message

• Articulation: production of speech sounds

• Self-monitoring: checking the correctness and appropriateness of the produced output Integration pattern:
assimilation
Greenfield (1976): ( the acquisition of Grammar)

He founded that the degree of child’s language Grammar is classified as follow:

- The present continuous ( the first time that child learns)

- The present simple
- The irregular verbs

MC.Neil experiments: (imitation)

It suggests that repetition alone is not sufficient.

- Son: no body l don’t like me

- Mom: nobody likes me

This statement said by the child was repeated over 09 times with the mother’s attempt to
correct ,but was in vain. So, Mc.neil claimed that correcting a child less than 02 years is not a
good thing, because simply the child’s LAD didn’t compeltely develop yet. The correction is
then, efficient only with older children.

Imitation:
The child cannot learn only through imitation because:
- Kids produce words , or expressions that have never been produced before ( sheeps)

A Model of Language Production