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Barkley/Vygotsky inner-speech theory1. inner speech retains the structure of dialogue.

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Barkley/Vygotsky inner-speech theory

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“Barkley/Vygotsky inner-speech theory”
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inner speech retains the structure of dialogue

inner speech serves self-regulatory functions

higher mental functions originate in interpersonal social speech

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“Higher mental functions — including voluntary attention, planning, and self-regulation — originate in interpersonal social speech”
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Disputed
"speaking is therefore *closer to inner speech than typing is*"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
The Acoustic Return: A Research Pass on McLuhan, Voice Inter ↗
Disputed
"typing recruits a substantially different mechanical/visuospatial circuit"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
The Acoustic Return: A Research Pass on McLuhan, Voice Inter ↗
Disputed
"speaking aloud reactivates the same regulatory scaffold that inner speech recapitulates"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
The Acoustic Return: A Research Pass on McLuhan, Voice Inter ↗
1934
1934
publication of Thought and Language
Undated
Publication of Vygotsky's work on social → private → inner speech