The Third Factor in Phonology

This article attempts to investigate how much of phonology can be explained by properties of general cognition and the Sensorimotor system — in other words, third-factor principles, in support of the evolutionary scenario posed by Hauser et al. (2002a). It argues against Pinker & Jackendoff’s (2...

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Main Author: Bridget Samuels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2009-09-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/86