Process of speech

Process of speech

A speech entails a number of steps as below:
 A concept formulated in the brain of the speaker
 Nerves from brain transfer „linguistic codification‟ to speech organs
 Speech organs are set in motion that produces disturbances in the air
 Listeners receive these sound waves
 Listeners‟ nervous system carries message to the brain
 Brain interprets in linguistic terms all that flows as information from the speaker to the listener

General Physiology 

Speech comes from a special mechanism that has following three parts:
(i) Energiser
It is the exhaled breath of the speaker
(ii) Vibrator
It is the vocal cord of the speaker
(iii)Resonator
It is the passages represented by the throat, mouth and / or nose.
The exhaled air stream when it passes through the windpipe to the mouth or nose produces the sound:
 When it passes through the mouth or the oral passage, oral sounds are produced
 When it passes through the nose or the nasal passage, nasal sounds are produced