Phonological architecture : a biolinguistic perspective / Bridget D. Samuels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samuels, Bridget D.

Series:

Oxford studies in biolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biolinguistics.

Phonetics.

Physical Description:

xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 A Minimalist Program for Phonology 6

2.1 Introduction 6

2.2 Biolinguistics and Minimalism 6

2.3 Galilean Phonology 10

2.4 Markedness and Evolution 17

3 Phonology in Evolutionary Perspective 32

3.1 Introduction 32

3.2 Categorical Perception 38

3.3 Grouping 44

3.4 Patterns 50

3.5 Conclusions 58

4 The Syntax-Phonology Interface 60

4.1 Introduction 60

4.2 From Syntax to Phonology 61

4.3 Phonological Derivation by Phase 73

4.4 Prosody without Hierarchy 93

4.5 A Case Study: Korean Obstruent Voicing 106

4.6 Conclusions 111

5 Representations and Primitive Operations 113

5.1 Introduction 113

5.2 Phonological Features 114

5.3 Towards a Flat Phonology 120

5.4 Harmony: Introducing search and copy 142

5.5 Generalized search and copy 148

5.6 Quantification and Feature Algebra 157

5.7 The Topology of Morphology 162

5.8 Operations in Evolutionary Perspective 171

6 Linguistic Variation 175

6.1 Introduction 175

6.2 Phonological Poverty of the Stimulus 176

6.3 The Locus of Variation 180

6.4 Variation in Feature Systems 184

6.5 Underspecification and Underdetermination 187

6.6 Phonologization: Diachrony Revisited 197

7 Conclusions 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-239) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199694365

9780199694358

0199694354

0199694362

OCLC:

759570204