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Phonological Knowledge : Conceptual and Empirical Issues by NOEL BURTON-ROBERTS PHILIP CARR GERARD DOCHERTY, edited by Noel Burton-Roberts, Philip Carr, and Gerard Docherty, Burton-roberts, Noel, Carr, Philip, Docherty, Gerard J., Noel Burton-Roberts, Philip Carr, Gerard J. Docherty, Noel Burton-Roberts is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Phonological Knowledge addresses central questions in the foundations of phonology and locates them within their larger linguistic and philosophical context. Phonology is a discipline grounded in observable facts, but like any discipline it rests on conceptual assumptions. This book investigates the nature, status, and acquisition of phonological knowledge: it enquires into the conceptual and empirical foundations of phonology, and considers the relation of phonology to the theory of language and other capacities of mind. The authors address a wide range of interrelated questions, the most central of which is this: is phonological knowledge different from linguistic knowledge in general? They offer responses to this question from a variety of perspectives, each of which has consequences for how phonology and language are conceived.; Each also involves a host of further questions concerning the modularity of mind and of language; whether phonology should be included in the language faculty; the nature-convention debate; the content of phonological elements and its relation to phonetic substance; the implications of sign languages for phonology; whether functional and variationist co

Author

NOEL BURTON-ROBERTS PHILIP CARR GERARD DOCHERTY, edited by Noel Burton-Roberts, Philip Carr, and Gerard Docherty, Burton-roberts, Noel, Carr, Philip, Docherty, Gerard J., Noel Burton-Roberts, Philip Carr, Gerard J. Docherty, Noel Burton-Roberts

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199245772

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics