Phonetics, Phonology and Cognition

Presents a cross-disciplinary perspective on language, speech, and cognition. Written by American and European specialists, this book explores the cognitive and biological systems involved in speech, and offers findings on the cognitive status of phonological representations and their relationship with phonetic implementations.

In sum, this book provides a revealing cross-disciplinary perspective on language, speech, and cognition which will be of value and interest to linguists, cognitive scientists, and speech pathologists.

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