ABSTRACT
Third, language processes generally operate unconsciously. Indeed, the detailed lower level processes are not even amenable to conscious introspection. Finally, Caplan observed that most language processing takes place very quickly and with great accuracy. Taking these final points together, much of language processing is characteristic of automatic processing (Posner & Snyder, 1975; Shiffrin & Schneider, 1977). Obviously most real-life language tasks involve a number of modules, and trying to coordinate them might be slow and error-prone, as is the case with speech production.
