Phonological Knoledge Conceptual and Empirical Issues [Paperback]

This volume concerns the nature, status, and acquisition of phonological knowledge, and its place in, or relation to, the theory of language and other capacities of mind. The contributions are written by well-known linguists and phonologists and address a wide range of interrelated issues: for example, whether phonology is 'different' from the rest of language; the implications of sign language; the nature-convention debate; and the data and methods of phonology. Of interest to researchers in phonology, linguistics, and psychology, the volume will also appeal to postgraduates and advanced undergraduates in linguistics.

1. Introduction,Noel Burton-Roberts, Philip Carr, and Gerard Docherty
2. The Ontology of Phonology,Sylvain Bromberger and Morris Halle
3. Where and What is Phonology? A representational perspective,Noel Burton-Roberts
4. Scientific Realism, Sociophonetic Variation, and Innate Endowments in Phonology,Philip Carr
5. Speaker, Speech, and Knowledge of Sounds,Gerard Docherty and Paul Foulkes
6. Phonology and Phonetics in Psycholinguistic Models of Speech Perception,Jennifer Fitzpatrick and Linda Wheeldon
7. Phonology as Cognition,Mark Hale and Charles Reiss
8. Vowel Patterns in Mind and Sound,John Harris and Geoff Lindsey
9. Boundary Disputes: The distinction between phonetic and phonological sound patterns,Scott Myers
10. Conceptual Foundations of Phonology as a Laboratory Science,Janet Pierrehumbert, Mary Beckman, Bob Ladd
11. Modularity and Modality in Phonology,Harry van der Hulst
12. Phonetics and the Origin of Phonology,Marilyn Vihman and Shelley Velleman