Perspectives in experimental linguistics : papers from the University of Alberta Conference on Experimental Linguistics (Edmonton, 13-14 October 1978) / edited by Gary D. Prideaux.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Prideaux, Gary Dean.

Conference Name:

University of Alberta Conference on Experimental Linguistics 1978 Edmonton, Alberta.

University of Alberta Conference on Experimental Linguistics

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 10.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics, Experimental--Congresses.

Linguistics, Experimental.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub., 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past few years interest and research in experimental linguistics has shifted more toward centre stage, perhaps because of the growing recognition that purely theoretical formulations and speculations about language must necessarily be tested against the empirical facts of language knowledge, use, and acquisition. To highlight some aspects of empirical linguistics, a conference was organized in 1978 at University of Alberta, at which six prominent scholars were invited to present substantial contributions. These papers are included in this volume, together with an epilogue summing up and discussing the recurrent themes of the conference, and a general bibliography.

Contents:

PERSPECTIVES IN EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; PHONETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY: SOME CURRENT ISSUES; 1. Introduction; 2. The Source-Filter Theory; 3 . Phonology and the Constraints of Speech Production.; 4. Prevoiced Stops and Nasalization; 5. Encoding; 6. Neural Property Detectors; 7. The ''Motor Theory of Speech Perception''; 8. A Model of Speech Perception; 10. Vocal Tract No Normalizati; 11. Speech Development in Children. Data on; 12. Analysis; 13. Classification of vowels; 14. Acoustic Data and Observations

15. Babble and the Phonetic/Phonemic Distinction 16. The Systematic Phonetic Level; 17. Distinctive Features; 18. Place Distinctions and Adaption; 19. Fully Specified Neural ''Templates; 20. Systematic Phonetics; 20. Conclusion; ICONIC PERSPECTIVES ON LINGUISTIC EXPLANATION; 1. Introduction.; 6. Conclusion; THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF COMPREHENSION; 1. Introduction.; 2 . The Roles of Syntax and Semantics in Comprehension.; 3 . The Role of Material Imagability in Comprehension.; 4. The Present Research.; EXPERIMENT; Examples of Stimulus Paragraphs High-imagery; Low-imagery

Results and Discussion EXPERIMENT 2; Method; Notes; SPEECH SIGNALS, CUES AND FEATURES; 1 . Introduction.; 2. A Coding Approach to Language.; Error correcting codes; Synchronous coding; Communicative function of ''sub-phonemic'' phonetic variation; Experimental investigation of a multivariate phonetic distinction; 3. Levels of Representation and the Invariance Problem in Phonetics.; Dialect variation in vowels; Methodological issues in vowel perception theory; The robustness of vowel information; Relationships of acoustic variation to phonetic distinctions

4. Acoustic Variation and Speech Cues: Phonetically Oriented Psychoacousties. NOTES; DIRECTIONS IN AMBIGUITY THEORY AND RESEARCH; 1. Introduction.; 2. Experimental Studies of Ambiguity.; 3. Conclusion.; PSYCHOLINGUISTIC EVIDENCE AND LINGUISTIC THEORY; 1. Introduction.; 2. The Interpretation Problem.; 3. Some Typical Methodological Problems.; 4. Theoretical Advance through Experimentation.; NOTES; EPILOGUE; ON DRAINING THE CONCEPTUAL SWAMPAN EPILOGUE; MASTER LIST OF REFERENCES; MASTER LIST OF REFERENCES; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-169) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31442-8

9786613314420

90-272-8130-0

OCLC:

816868772