Levelt
Levelt is a surname of Dutch origin. In scholarly contexts it most commonly refers to Willem J. Levelt, a Dutch psycholinguist whose work on speech production has been influential in cognitive science. Levelt contributed to formal models of how speakers plan and articulate spoken language, emphasizing a structured sequence of processing stages.
Levelt's theory of speech production outlines a modular architecture that spans conceptualization, formulation, and articulation. In
The Levelt framework has influenced a broad range of research on lexical access, speech errors, and language
Beyond theoretical contributions, Levelt's work has helped shape experimental methods in psycholinguistics, including picture naming and