Phonetics and phonology

Detailed oscillogramm (Ladefoged 1975:161)

acoustic image of English phrase

Mapping acoustic input onto sense

From acoustic percept to idea

leveloperations/processes
Acousticsacoustic percept is analyzed to produce a phonetic representation
Phonologyphonological rules analyze the phonetic representation to produce a phonological representation
Morphologyphonological representation is analyzed morphologically to produce a morpho-phonological representation
Symbolizationmorpho-phonological representation is matched with a schematic semantic representation
Semanticsmeaningful elements with their structural relations build a complex meaning
Pragmaticsunderstood meaning is integrated with other knowledge to reconstruct speaker's idea

Understanding

The hearer undertakes forward construction of the growing idea just like the speaker.

Feedback from perception to production

motor theory of speech perception

Spreading activation may be involved in the activity of the mirror-neuron system.