title: Toward a unified account of comprehension and production in language development.
abstract: Although Pickering & Garrod (P&G) argue convincingly for a unified system for language comprehension and production, they fail to explain how such a system might develop. Using a recent computational model of language acquisition as an example, we sketch a developmental perspective on the integration of comprehension and production. We conclude that only through development can we fully understand the intertwined nature of comprehension and production in adult processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. smm424@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Stewart M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: McCauley
authors.forename: Morten H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Christiansen
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*