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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Cogsci. 2009 Jul-Aug;2009:68–73.

Figure 1. A Generic Model of Word Production.

Figure 1

When the word is scheduled for production, proximate units are retrieved in parallel and then selected sequentially by assignment to linear positions. Arrows signify flow of activation. Button terminals signify assignment of contents to structural positions. When the proximate units are suprasegmental, additional phonological processes are needed prior to articulation.