External and Internal Speech as indispensable components of the interrelationship between speech and thought
External and Internal Speech as indispensable components of the interrelationship between speech and thought
Kostandyan Nune
Summary
Key words: thinking and language, single-word sentence, psychological and semantic aspects of speech, verbal expression, egocentric speech function, self-directed speech, speech fragmentation, interlocutors’ awareness, silent articulation of words
This article examines the interconnection between speech and thought, as well as the theoretical interpretation of internal and external speech. As we know, human culture, social activity, and thinking cannot exist independently of language. At the same time, the internal relationship between words and thought is not predetermined and, therefore, cannot serve as the basis for their further development. Thought and word emerge, evolve during the historical development of human consciousness. They are not prerequisites for human formation, but rather its result. In the early stages of child development, there may be a pre-thought stage of formation. We substantiate these issues through the theoretical interpretations of L. Vygotsky, I. Sechenov, G. Miller, and J. Piaget.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58726/27382915-2026.1hs-324