Why does articulation become more fluent for predictable phrases in a conversation?

💡 Explanation

Articulation fluency increases due to spreading activation; predictable phrases trigger related phonetic plans in the mental lexicon. Because these plans are pre-activated, retrieval and execution are faster. Therefore, articulation is smoother for anticipated utterances, rather than if there was no anticipatory activation.

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