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c. Simultaneously speaking aloud while thinking about
something different.

Thinking of something other than what we are saying
(wandering mind).

d. Telling a lie.
Saying one thing while thinking something quite different.
This means that when we tell lies, two distinct processes

(speaking aloud and speaking subvocally /to yourselves)
with different content occur at the same time.
e. Meaning and thought occur without behaviour

People do not lose meaning of words when any parts of
their body are lost /removed.

E.g Paralysed person can still think clearly.
This shows that thought was not dependent on body
movements or movements of the speech organs.

f. Interpreting between languages can be done
Consider the work of simultaneous interpreters. They

have to understand (a process done in their minds) the
message told to them in one language and then
transforms the language to another language by speaking

it aloud.
This shows that a system of abstract thought to mediate

between languages has made simultaneous interpretation
possible.
All of these 6 objections to the theory show that speech

production is not necessary for thought.
Theory 2: Language is essential for thought (We must

learn language, how to produce or understand speech, otherwise
we cannot develop thinking).
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