Perspectives in Experimental Linguistics: Papers from the University of Alberta Conference on Experimental Linguistics, Edmonton 13-14 Oct 1978 (Amsterdam ... Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, V. 10.)

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 -- Provided By The Publisher. Phonetics And Physiology: Some Current Issues / Philip Liebennan -- Iconic Perspectives On Linguistic Explanation / William C. Watt -- The Syntax And Semantics Of Comprehension / Marc C. Marschark -- Speech Signals, Cues, And Features / Terrance M. Nearey, John T. Hogan, And Anton J. Rozsypal -- Directions In Ambiguity Theory And Research / Joseph F. Kess And Ronald A. Hoppe -- Psycholinguistic Evidence And Linguistic Theory / Bruce L. Derwing -- On Draining The Conceptual Swamp: An Epilogue / William J. Baker. Ed. By Gary D. Prideaux. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [153]-169. Table of contents......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 2. The Source-Filter Theory......Page 12 3 . Phonology and the Cons traints of Speech Production.......Page 13 4. Prevoiced Stops and Nasalization......Page 14 6. Neural Property Detectors......Page 15 8. A Model of Speech Perception......Page 18 11. Speech Development in Children. Data on......Page 23 12. Analysis......Page 24 13. Classification of vowels......Page 26 14. Acoustic Data and Observations......Page 27 15. Babble and the Phonetic/Phonemic Distinction......Page 39 16. The Systematic Phonetic Level......Page 40 17. Distinctive Features......Page 41 19. Fully Specified Neural 'Templates......Page 42 20. Systematic Phonetics......Page 44 20. Conclusion......Page 45 1. Introduction......Page 46 6. Conclusion......Page 61 1. Introduction.......Page 63 2 . The Roles of Syntax and Semantics in Comprehension.......Page 64 3 . The Role of Material Imagability in Comprehension.......Page 65 EXPERIMENT......Page 67 Low-imagery......Page 69 Results and Discussion......Page 70 EXPERIMENT 2......Page 73 Method......Page 74 Notes......Page 83 1 . Introduction.......Page 84 Error correcting codes......Page 86 Synchronous coding......Page 87 Communicative function of 'sub-phonemic' phonetic variation......Page 88 Experimental investigation of a multivariate phonetic dis-.t inct ion......Page 89 3. Levels of Represention and the Invariance Problem inPhonetics.......Page 91 Dialect variat ion in vowels......Page 92 Methodological issues in vowe1 perception theory......Page 93 The robustness of vowe1 information......Page 94 Relationships of acoustic variation to phonetic distinctions......Page 95 4. Acoustic Variation and Speech Cues: PhoneticallyOriented Psychoacousties.......Page 99 NOTES......Page 105 1. Introduction.......Page 108 2. Experimental Studies of Ambiguity.......Page 109 3. Conclusion.......Page 121 1. Introduction.......Page 124 2. The Interpretation Problem.......Page 128 3. Some Typical Methodological Problems.......Page 137 4. Theoretical Advance through Experimentation.......Page 139 NOTES......Page 144 E P I L O G U E......Page 150 ON DRAINING THE CONCEPTUAL SWAMPAN EPILOGUE......Page 152 MASTER LIST OF REFERENCES......Page 162 MASTER LIST OF REFERENCES......Page 164 INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 182 INDEX OF SUBJECTS......Page 186