| dc.contributor.author | Nevins, Andrew Ira | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-03T18:10:21Z | |
| dash.embargo.terms | 2010-10-31 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nevins, Andrew. 2009. On formal universals in phonology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32(5): 461-462. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0140-525X | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3426357 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Understanding the universal aspects of human language structure requires comparison at multiple levels of analysis. While Evans & Levinson (E&L) focus mostly on substantive variation in language, equally revealing insights can come from studying formal universals. I first discuss how Artificial Grammar Experiments can test universal preferences for certain types of abstract phonological generalizations over others. I then discuss moraic onsets in the language Arrernte, and how its apparent substantive variation ultimately rests on a formal universal regarding syllable-weight sensitivity. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Linguistics | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X09990537 | en_US |
| dc.relation.hasversion | http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~nevins/nevins-bbs09.pdf | en_US |
| dash.license | LAA | |
| dc.title | On Formal Universals in Phonology | en_US |
| dc.type | Commentary or Review | en_US |
| dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | en_US |
| dash.depositing.author | Nevins, Andrew Ira | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-11-01T07:31:09Z | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0140525X09990537 | * |
| dash.contributor.affiliated | Nevins, Andrew | |
