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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819476603321

Autore

Hale Mark <1956->

Titolo

The phonological enterprise [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Hale and Charles Reiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-383-04463-5

1-281-82568-9

9786611825683

0-19-153859-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

ReissCharles

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Language acquisition

Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics)

Competence and performance (Linguistics)

Optimality theory (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of figures; 1 Introduction; Part I: Phonological UG and acquisition; Part II: Resisting substance abuse in phonology; Part III: Some aspects of Optimality Theory; Part IV: Conclusions; Final remarks; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mark Hale and Charles Reiss 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. - ;This book scrutinizes recent work in phonological theory from the perspective of Chomskyan generative linguistics and argues that progress in the field depends on taking seriously the idea that phonology is best studied as a mental computational system derived from an innate base,