ROA: | 387 |
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Title: | Phonology as Cognition |
Authors: | Mark Hale, Charles Reiss |
Comment: | 22 pages. Third file is in two-up format. This is an extended version of our recent LI squib "Substance abuse and dysfunctionalism: Current trends in phonology." To appear in Phonological Knowledge from OUP. (Supercedes ROA-317) |
Length: | 22 |
Abstract: | Phonology as Cognition Mark Hale and Charles Reiss Concordia University This paper attempts to ground phonology within psychology. That is, we are interested in phonology as a branch of the study of mental representation, the psychology of mind. In order to develop this `phonology of mind' we need to understand the relationship between formal properties of grammars and the `substance' which representations represent. Current trends in phonology fail to offer a coherent conception of form and substance and are also inconsistent with basic principles of science. In addition to critiquing the phonological literature on markedness and related issues, we offer a modest result in the study of the formal properties of the phonology: we demonstrate that phonology needs to make use of quantification to characterize the structural descriptions of rule and constraints. |
Type: | Paper/tech report |
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Article: | Part 1 Part 2 |