@misc{10481/94768, year = {2016}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/94768}, abstract = {This paper assesses two different approaches to inner speech that can be found in the literature. One of them regards inner speech as a vehicle of conscious thought. The other holds that inner speech is better characterised as an activity derived from social uses of its outer counterpart. In this paper I focus on the explanatory power of each approach to account for the control of attention and behaviour in the context of executive tasks. I will argue that the vehicle view cannot capture some central cases of inner speech in executive tasks because they cannot be described as cases of bringing thought into consciousness. Then I will offer a revised version of the activity view and I will apply it to some examples so as to show that it is better posited to account for them. I end by considering two objections to the activity view and a possible way to address them.}, organization = {Spanish Government FFI2011-30074-C01-C02, FPI BES-2012-052157}, publisher = {John Benjamins}, keywords = {Inner Speech}, keywords = {Attention}, keywords = {Activity view}, keywords = {Vehicle view}, keywords = {Executive functions}, title = {Inner Speech in Action}, doi = {10.1075/pc.23.2.02cas}, author = {Fernández Castro, Víctor}, }