Abstract

Abstract This statement from Charles van Riper reflects on the nature of stuttering and casts little doubt about the involvement of the speech motor system in stuttering. In this chapter, we will provide arguments and empirical evidence that stuttering can be linked to the speech motor system, but not necessarily in terms of a 'speech motor disorder'. Rather, the central theme of our chapter will be that, for people who stutter (PWS), the speech motor control system is the weak link in the chain of events that lead to the production of speech. A weak link in terms of limited skill or ability to prepare and perform the motor actions that are required to implement the various demands imposed by cognitive, linguistic, emotional, and motor aspects of speech (Hulstijn and van Lieshout 1998).

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