Phonology and Language Use

Name: Phonology and Language Use
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ISBN: 9780521533782

ISBN-10: 0521533783

ISBN-13: 9780521533782

Edition: 2003

Authors: Joan Bybee, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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A research perspective that takes language use into account opens up new views of old issues and provides an understanding of issues that linguists have rarely addressed. Referencing new developments in cognitive and functional linguistics, phonetics, and connectionist modeling, this book investigates various ways in which a speaker/hearers experience with language affects the representation of phonology. Rather than assuming phonological representations in terms of phonemes, Joan Bybee adopts an exemplar model, in which specific tokens of use are stored and categorized phonetically with reference to variables in the context. This model allows an account of phonetically gradual sound change…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




Language use as a part of linguistic theory



A usage-based model for phonology and morphology



The nature of lexical representation



Phonological processes, phonological patterns



The interaction of phonology with morphology



The units of storage and access: morphemes, words, and phrases



Constructions as processing units: the rise and fall of French liaison



Universals, synchrony and diachrony