Dynamics of Phonological Cognition

Dynamics of Phonological Cognition

A fundamental problem in spoken language is the duality between the continuous aspects of phonetic performance and the discrete aspects of phonological competence. We study 2 instances of this problem from the phenomenon of voicing neutralization and vowel harmony. In each case, we present a model w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cognitive science 2006-09, Vol.30 (5), p.905-943
Hauptverfasser: Gafos, Adamantios I., Benus, Stefan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Processes
Formal languages and grammars
Grammar
Linguistics
Mathematics
Mathematics and linguistics
Nonlinear dynamics
Nonlinear programming
Phonetics
Phonology
Subsymbolic paradigm
Vowels
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Zusammenfassung:A fundamental problem in spoken language is the duality between the continuous aspects of phonetic performance and the discrete aspects of phonological competence. We study 2 instances of this problem from the phenomenon of voicing neutralization and vowel harmony. In each case, we present a model where the experimentally observed continuous distinctions are linked to the discreteness of phonological form using the mathematics of nonlinear dynamics.
ISSN:0364-0213
1551-6709
DOI:10.1207/s15516709cog0000_80