Inner Speech, Imagined Speech, and Auditory Verbal Hallucinations

Daniel Gregory*

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    Abstract

    A theory which has had significant influence seeks to explain auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) as utterances in inner speech which are not properly monitored and are consequently misattributed to some external source. This paper argues for a distinction between inner speech and imagined speech, on the basis that inner speech is a type of actual speech. The paper argues that AVHs are more likely instances of imagined speech, rather that inner speech, which are not properly monitored (a possibility which has been raised by Wu (Mind & Language 27(1): 86–107, 2012), Cho and Wu (Frontiers in Psychiatry 4: 155, 2013) and Cho and Wu (Frontiers in Psychiatry 5: 75, 2014), although they prefer a quite different explanation of AVHs).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)653-673
    Number of pages21
    JournalReview of Philosophy and Psychology
    Volume7
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2016

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