Using Psychological Realism to Advance Phonological Theory

Goldrick, Matthew

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“…We aim to develop such a framework for understanding the structure of code mixing. However, it is important to note that understanding the cognitive and ultimately neural processes that compute these input-output mappings is key to developing a complete theory of language processing (for discussion, see Goldrick, 2011; Smolensky, 2006). Grammar is the foundational component at the beginning of developing a complete theory, but is by no means the final step.…”

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Coactivation in bilingual grammars: A computational account of code mixing

Goldrick¹,

2016

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Section: Blends In Grammatical Theories: Application To Doublingmentioning

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Coactivation in bilingual grammars: A computational account of code mixing

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2016

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“…As noted by Chomsky (1980:188)‘the system of language is only one of a number of cognitive systems that interact in the most intimate way in the actual use of language’. Attributing any particular behavioral effect to some specific component(s) of the cognitive system requires one to parcel out these interactions (Goldrick forthcoming).…”

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Linking Speech Errors and Generative Phonological Theory

Goldrick¹

2011

Language and Linguist. Compass

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Speech errors are a critical source of data on the tacit knowledge that underlies our creative use of language. Studies of errors in spontaneous speech, in experimental paradigms such as tongue twisters, and those produced by aphasic individuals reveal the influence of linguistic principles on the production of speech. Linguistic representations from distinctive features and gestures to prosodic structure shape speech error distributions. Speech errors respect allophonic and allomorphic relationships between linguistic forms. Phonological well-formedness -as measured by cross-linguistic markedness and within-language frequency -influences which structures are (mis)produced in errors. Recent advances in constraint-based generative phonological theories (Optimality Theory, Harmonic Grammar, and Maximum Entropy Grammars) may provide insight into these patterns. Formal models of variation and computational models of constraint satisfaction may provide the means to quantitatively link phonological principles and speech error distributions.

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“…In summary, gradiency does not come from averaging over a non-homogeneous speech community or a non-homogeneous set of test items. It seems safe to conclude that the naturalness patterns in the Japanese devoicing case show a gradient distinction, which goes beyond the "grammatical" vs. "ungrammatical" dichotomy (Albright, 2009;Coetzee 2008;Coleman and Pierrehumbert 1997;Daland et al 2011;Dankovičová et al 1998;Goldrick 2011;Greenberg and Jenkins 1964;Hayes 2000;Hayes and Wilson 2008;Pertz and Bever 1975;Pierrehumbert, 2001;Shademan 2007).…”

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“…Testing this issue is in part motivated by the debate concerning the gradient nature of phonological judgments. It is known that grammatical judgments show distinctions beyond a simple, binary "grammatical" vs. "ungrammatical" dichotomy, especially in experimental settings (see e.g., Albright 2009;Coetzee 2008;Coleman and Pierrehumbert 1997;Daland et al 2011;Dankovičová et al 1998;Goldrick 2011;Greenberg and Jenkins 1964;Hayes 2000;Hayes and Wilson 2008;Pertz and Bever 1975;Pierrehumbert 2001;Shademan 2007 for phonological/phonotactic judgments;Chomsky 1965;Myers 2009;Schütze 1996;Sorace and Keller 2005 for syntactic judgments). However, one may contend the idea that we obtain gradient results in experimental settings because these experiments use scales.…”

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Testing Japanese loanword devoicing: Addressing task effects

Kawahara

2013

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In the loanword phonology of Japanese, voiced obstruent geminates ([bb, dd, gg]) have been claimed to devoice when they co-occur with another voiced obstruent within the same morpheme (e.g. /beddo/ → [betto] 'bed'). This devoicing pattern has contributed much to address a number of theoretical issues in the recent phonological literature. However, the relevant data have been primarily based on intuition-based data provided by Nishimura (2003) and Kawahara (2006). Kawahara (2011aKawahara ( , 2011b addressed this issue by conducting rating studies using naive native speakers of Japanese. The results generally supported the intuition-based data by Nishimura (2003) and Kawahara (2006). However, the rating studies also revealed several aspects of the devoicing pattern that go beyond the intuition-based data as well.The current study further investigates the devoicing pattern by varying several task variables. In particular, this paper builds on Kawahara (2011a, 2011b) by adding (i) nonce word stimuli, (ii) a binary yes/no experiment, and (iii) auditory stimuli. The results show that (i) nonce words and real words behave similarly, but nonce words nevertheless show less variability across different grammatical conditions than real words; (ii) the binary yes/no experiment shows results similar to those of the scale-based experiment; and (iii) while auditory stimuli yield results comparable with those of orthographic stimuli, they also show an exaggerated effect of a phonetic implementation pattern. Overall, this paper uses Japanese as a case study, and finds some task effects in phonological judgment experiments. It is hoped that this paper stimulates further experimental research on phonological judgments of other phenomena in Japanese as well as in other languages. 1 The experiments reported in this paper were first reported in a longer manuscript circulated in Introduction The phenomenon

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Using Psychological Realism to Advance Phonological Theory

Cited by 23 publications

References 118 publications

Coactivation in bilingual grammars: A computational account of code mixing

Coactivation in bilingual grammars: A computational account of code mixing

Linking Speech Errors and Generative Phonological Theory

Testing Japanese loanword devoicing: Addressing task effects

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