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Phonological Architecture - A Biolinguistic Perspective (Paperback)
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Phonological Architecture - A Biolinguistic Perspective (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Studies in Biolinguistics
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Phonological Architecture bridges linguistic theory and the
biological sciences, presenting a comprehensive view of phonology
from a biological perspective. Its back-to-basics approach breaks
phonology into primitive operations and representations and
investigates their possible origins in cognitive abilities found
throughout the animal kingdom.
Bridget Samuels opens the discussion by considering the general
properties of the externalisation system in a theory-neutral
manner, using animal cognition studies to identify which components
of phonology may not be unique to humans and/or to language. She
demonstrates, on the basis of behavioural and physiological studies
on primates, songbirds, and a wide variety of other species, that
the cognitive abilities underlying human phonological
representations and operations are present in creatures other than
Homo sapiens (even if not to the same degree) and in domains other
than phonology or, indeed, language proper. The second, more
linguistically technical half of the book explores what is
necessarily unique about phonology. The author discusses the
properties of the phonological module which are dictated by the
interface requirements of the syntactic module of Universal Grammar
as well as different components of the human sensory-motor system
(ie audition, vision, and motor control). She proposes a repertoire
of phonological representations and operations which are consistent
with Universal Grammar and human cognitive evolution. She
illustrates the application of these operations with analyses of
representative phonological data such as vowel harmony,
reduplication, and tone spreading patterns. Finally, the author
addresses the issue of cross-linguistic and inter-speaker
variation.
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