Phonetics, Phonology and Cognition

This volume demonstrates that phonology is a subsystem of the mind/brain and explores the theoretical and practical consequences of this insight.

This volume demonstrates that phonology is a subsystem of the mind/brain and explores the theoretical and practical (including medical) consequences of this insight. Written by American and European specialists at the cutting-edge of research in areas ranging from phonetics to neurology, the book addresses central questions relating to the cognitive status of phonological representation and phonetic implementation and the links between mental and physical representation of sound systems.

Introduction
1. Phonology, Phonetics, and Cognition
2. What Are Phonological Syllables Made Of? The Voice/Length Symmetry
3. Tone in Mituku: How a Floating Tone Nailed Down an Intermediate Level
4. Phonetic Representations in the Mental Lexicon
5. Phonological Primes: Cues and Acoustic Signatures
6. The Role of the Syllable in Speech Perception and Production
7. Fossil Markers of Language Development: Phonological 'Deafnesses' in Adult Speech Processing
8. Syllabic Constraints and Constraint Conflicts in Loanword Adaptations, Aphasic Speech, and Children's Errors
9. What Can the Utterance 'Tan, Tan' of Broca's Patient Leborgne Tell Us about the Hypothesis of an Emergent 'Babble-Syllable' Downloaded by SMA?
10. Towards Imaging the Neural Correlates of Language Functions
11. Phonology in a Theory of Perception-for-Action-Control