On Fluency: Perspectives From Aphasiology and Second Language Acquisition Research

Fluency is a long-debated notion in linguistics, as it plays crucial role second language acquisition (SLA) research and applied linguistics. Starting from some recent discussions on the topic, this paper examines whether aphasiology could benefit insights these fields of study. First, we will summarize most relevant views fluency concerning aphasic speech. As see, every account has two common features: reference to speech timing, anomia. Nonetheless, whole still remains nothing more than an intuition, since no model implemented satisfactory definition it. We argue that reason behind decades-long uncertainty because its main components -time retrieval- pertain distinct levels -namely language- therefore cannot be judged same scale. To show our point, briefly pass review studies time patterns see possible draw distinctive behavior compared non-pathological then move anomia how matter been approached research, especially modeling. While certainly not relatable several issues, believe key outcomes linguistic can adapted aphasia offer new perspectives evaluation understanding.