Dresher, E. (2013). Hidden Structure in Linguistics: The Organization of Sound Systems. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/13010017
MLA
Dresher, Elan. Hidden Structure in Linguistics: The Organization of Sound Systems. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jan. 30, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13010017
BibTex
@misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:13010017,
doi = {10.48660/13010017},
url = {https://pirsa.org/13010017},
author = {Dresher, Elan},
keywords = {},
language = {en},
title = {Hidden Structure in Linguistics: The Organization of Sound Systems},
publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
year = {2013},
month = {jan},
note = {PIRSA:13010017 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/13010017}}
}
I
will discuss some basic notions in the theory of phonology (sound systems
in language). The sounds of a language are generally assumed to be
composed of smaller constituents, called features. The features that
make up a sound cannot be directly obtained from its pronunciation, but
rather must be inferred from the system of contrasts that are at play
in a particular language. How to determine which features are contrastive
presents a logical and empirical puzzle that may be interesting
to students of physics, who are accustomed to explaining observable events
in terms of hidden structures that cannot be directly observed.
