Emergent phonology (Volume 7)
To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that the innate language-specific faculty driving the shape of adult grammars is minimal, with grammar development relying instead...
Spremljeno u:
| Glavni autori: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Jezik: | engleski |
| Izdano: |
Language Science Press
2022
|
| Teme: | |
| Online pristup: | OCN: 1317833179 |
| Oznake: |
Bez oznaka, Budi prvi tko označuje ovaj zapis!
|
| _version_ | 1869524417150713856 |
|---|---|
| author | Archangeli, Diana Pulleyblank, Douglas |
| author_browse | Archangeli, Diana Pulleyblank, Douglas |
| author_facet | Archangeli, Diana Pulleyblank, Douglas |
| author_sort | Archangeli, Diana |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that the innate language-specific faculty driving the shape of adult grammars is minimal, with grammar development relying instead on cognitive capacities of a general nature. Generalisations about sounds, and about the way sounds are organised into meaningful units, are constructed in a bottom-up fashion: As such, phonology is emergent. We present arguments for considering the Emergent Hypothesis, both conceptually and by working through an extended example in order to demonstrate how an adult grammar might emerge from the input encountered by a learner. Developing a concrete, data-driven approach, we argue that the conventional, abstract notion of unique underlying representations is unmotivated; such underlying representations would require some innate principle to ensure their postulation by a learner. We review the history of the concept and show that such postulated forms result in undesirable phonological consequences. We work through several case studies to illustrate how various types of phonological patterns might be accounted for in the proposed framework. The case studies illustrate patterns of allophony, of productive and unproductive patterns of alternation, and cases where the surface manifestation of a feature does not seem to correspond to its morphological source. We consider cases where a phonetic distinction that is binary seems to manifest itself in a way that is morphologically ternary, and we consider cases where underlying representations of considerable abstractness have been posited in previous frameworks. We also consider cases of opacity, where observed phonological properties do not neatly map onto the phonological generalisations governing patterns of alternation. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-81414 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publishDateRange | 2022 |
| publishDateSort | 2022 |
| publisher | Language Science Press |
| publisherStr | Language Science Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-814142026-06-12T06:07:44Z Emergent phonology (Volume 7) Archangeli, Diana Pulleyblank, Douglas Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that the innate language-specific faculty driving the shape of adult grammars is minimal, with grammar development relying instead on cognitive capacities of a general nature. Generalisations about sounds, and about the way sounds are organised into meaningful units, are constructed in a bottom-up fashion: As such, phonology is emergent. We present arguments for considering the Emergent Hypothesis, both conceptually and by working through an extended example in order to demonstrate how an adult grammar might emerge from the input encountered by a learner. Developing a concrete, data-driven approach, we argue that the conventional, abstract notion of unique underlying representations is unmotivated; such underlying representations would require some innate principle to ensure their postulation by a learner. We review the history of the concept and show that such postulated forms result in undesirable phonological consequences. We work through several case studies to illustrate how various types of phonological patterns might be accounted for in the proposed framework. The case studies illustrate patterns of allophony, of productive and unproductive patterns of alternation, and cases where the surface manifestation of a feature does not seem to correspond to its morphological source. We consider cases where a phonetic distinction that is binary seems to manifest itself in a way that is morphologically ternary, and we consider cases where underlying representations of considerable abstractness have been posited in previous frameworks. We also consider cases of opacity, where observed phonological properties do not neatly map onto the phonological generalisations governing patterns of alternation. 2022-05-12T15:49:08Z 2022-05-12T15:49:08Z 2022-04-22T05:31:00Z 2022 book OCN: 1317833179 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54088 9783961103355 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81414 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54088/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54088/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54088/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54088/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54088/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54088/1/external_content.pdf Language Science Press Language Science Press https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5721159 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5721159 ed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558 Knowledge Unlatched 9783961103355 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Language Science Press 2021-2023 Language Science Press open access |
| spellingShingle | Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics Archangeli, Diana Pulleyblank, Douglas Emergent phonology (Volume 7) |
| title | Emergent phonology (Volume 7) |
| title_full | Emergent phonology (Volume 7) |
| title_fullStr | Emergent phonology (Volume 7) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergent phonology (Volume 7) |
| title_short | Emergent phonology (Volume 7) |
| title_sort | emergent phonology volume 7 |
| topic | Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics |
| topic_facet | Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics |
| url | OCN: 1317833179 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT archangelidiana emergentphonologyvolume7 AT pulleyblankdouglas emergentphonologyvolume7 |