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

• Autore: Hale Mark <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 414
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology; Language acquisition; Innateness hypothesis (Linguistics); Competence and performance (Linguistics); Optimality theory (Linguistics)
• Altri autori: ReissCharles
• 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: The phonological enterprise
• ISBN: 1-383-04463-5; 1-281-82568-9; 9786611825683; 0-19-153859-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782357603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford linguistics.