Understanding Language

List of Contributors

Preface

Part I Introduction

1 Language and Information Processing

I. Introduction

II. Information Processing

III. Auditory Information Processing

IV. Visual Information Processing

V. Conclusion

References

Part II Speech Perception

2 Articulatory and Acoustic Characteristics of Speech Sounds

I. Introduction

II. Production of Speech Sounds

III. General Acoustic Properties of Speech Sounds

IV. Articulation of Speech Sounds

V. Occurrence of Speech Sounds

VI. Vowel Phonemes of English

VII. Coarticulation

VIII. Consonant Phonemes of English

IX. Individual Differences

X. Distinctive Features

References

3 Acoustic Features in Speech Perception

I. Introduction

II. Primary Recognition

III. Vowel Recognition

IV. Consonant Recognition

V. Conclusion

References

4 Preperceptual Images, Processing Time, and Perceptual Units in Speech Perception

I. Introduction

II. Primary Recognition

III. Preperceptual Images and Processing Time

IV. Perceptual Units

V. Primary and Secondary Recognition

VI. Conclusion

References

5 Theories of Speech Perception

I. Introduction

II. Summary of Information-Processing Analysis of Speech Perception

III. Descriptions of the Theories

IV. The Role of Linguistic Structure in Model Building

V. Summary

References

Part III Reading

6 Visual Features, Preperceptual Storage, and Processing Time in Reading

I. Introduction

II. Visual Features

III. Preperceptual Storage

IV. Processing Time

References

7 Primary and Secondary Recognition in Reading

I. Introduction

II. Utilization of Redundancy

III. Phonological Mediation

IV. Nonmediated Models of Reading

V. Mediated Models of Reading

References

8 Reading Eye Movements from an Information-Processing Point of View

I. Introduction: Significance of Reading Eye Movements

II. Characteristics of Reading Eye Movements

III. Oculomotor Control During Reading

IV. Summary and Conclusion

References

Part IV Psycholinguistics

9 Linguistic Theory and Information Processing

I. Introduction

II. Linguistics and Psychology

III. Theories of Grammar

IV. Semantics and Syntax

V. Models of the Language User

VI. Summary

References

10 Word and Phrase Recognition in Speech Processing

I. Introduction

II. Word Recognition and Context

III. Acoustic Cues to Grammatical Structure

IV. Click Localization

V. Summary

References

11 An Analysis of Some Psychological Studies of Grammar: The Role of Generated Abstract Memory

I. Introduction

II. The Nature of Short-Term Memory (STM)

III. The Psychological Reality of Constituent Structure

IV. The Psychological Function of Certain Transformation Rules

V. Summary

References

Author Index

Subject Index