Research Catalog

Title

The phonological enterprise / Mark Hale and Charles Reiss.

Author

Hale, Mark, 1956-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors

Reiss, Charles

Description

x, 292 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

The authors present a fundamental critique of the phonological enterprise. They examine the nature of phonological acquisition and its relation to an innate acquisition device, consider the distinction between competence and performance, and evaluate competing explanations of diachronic phonology.

Series Statement

Oxford linguistics

Uniform Title

Oxford linguistics.

Subjects

• Language Development
• Optimality theory (Linguistics)
• Competence and performance (Linguistics)
• Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)
• Language acquisition
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-288) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction; PART I PHONOLOGICAL UG AND ACQUISITION; 2. The Subset Principle in Phonology; 3. Competence and Performance in Phonological Acquisition; 4. The Georgian Problem Revisited; PART II RESISTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN PHONOLOGY; 5. Galilean-Style Phonology; 6. Against Articulatory Grounding; 7. Against Typological Grounding; PART III SOME ASPECTS OF OPTIMALITY THEORY; 8. Against Constraints; 9. Against Output-Output Correspondence; PART IV CONCLUSIONS; 10. A Principled Solution to Catalan; 11. Final Remarks; References.

ISBN

• 9780199533978 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0199533970 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780199533961 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0199533962 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007044512

OCLC

• 180204925
• SCSB-11894535

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library