22.1020, Books: Cognitive Science/Phonology: Dresher

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Date: 25-Feb-2011
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology: Dresher

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Title: The Contrastive Hierarchy in Phonology 
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 121  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Author: B. Elan Dresher

Paperback: ISBN:  9780521182355 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521182355 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 49.99

Abstract:

'Contrast' - the opposition between distinctive sounds in a language - is
one of the most central concepts in linguistics. This book presents a
fascinating account of the logic and history of contrast in phonology. It provides
empirical evidence from diverse phonological domains that only contrastive
features are computed by the phonological component of grammar. It argues that the 
contrastive specifications of phonemes are governed by language-particular 
feature hierarchies. This approach assigns a key role to abstract cognitive 
structures, challenging contemporary approaches that favour phonetic 
explanations of phonological phenomena. Tracing the evolution of the 
hypothesis that contrastive features play a special role in phonology, it
shows how this insight has been obscured by misunderstandings of the role
of the contrastive feature hierarchy. Questioning the widely held notion that
contrast should be based on minimal pairs, Elan Dresher argues that the
contrastive hierarchy is indispensable to illuminating accounts of phonological
patterning. 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 
2. The logic of contrast; 
3. Contrast in structuralist phonology; 
4. The rise and fall of the contrastive hierarchy; 
5. Generative phonology: contrast goes underground; 
6. Contrast in optimality theory; 
7. Evidence for the contrastive hierarchy in phonology; 
8. Other approaches to contrast in phonology; 
9. Conclusion. 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Phonology

Written In: English  (eng)

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