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Signed Inner Speech Daniel Gregory ***What follows summarizes some ideas in my recent paper, ‘Inner speech and sign languages’ (Gregory 2026).*** When native speakers of voiced languages (such as English, Mandarin or Hindi) think about inner speech, they naturally tend to think of a mental state with an auditory phenomenology—something …

Do we know what we think before saying it to ourselves? Marta Jorba  Pompeu Fabra University LOGOS Research Group Self-talk, or talking to oneself, seems to present a puzzle. If, for instance, I tell myself, “I think I will read the Odyssey this summer”, it seems that, in order to …

Inner Speech, Speech Acts, and the Metaphysics of Language Wade Munroe There is scant mention of inner speech in the extensive literature on speech-act theory and recent work on the metaphysics of words and other linguistic entities. This is a substantial oversight. My post is a rallying cry: Inner speech …

Are there words in my head? Peter Langland-Hassan University of Cincinnati When we say something to ourselves in inner speech, do we produce words?  We certainly talk as though we do.  How can we say something in inner speech, if we produce no words?  Where are the words we bring …

Introduction to the Symposium Daniel Gregory Introduction Produce this sentence in inner speech (i.e., in your ‘inner voice’ or your ‘silent monologue’, as it is also sometimes known): ‘I think, therefore I am’. At the moment you produced that sentence in your mind, was it true?               Setting aside the …