牛津大学Aditi Lahiri教授讲座

时间

2021年6月5日16:00-17:30（北京时间）

软件

腾讯会议

主讲人

Aditi Lahiri 教授（牛津大学）

主持人

陈保亚 教授（北京大学）

讲座主题

Phonological and morphophonological  asymmetries in processing and change

摘要

Speech is variable, and no word can ever be spoken by a human being exactly in the same way twice. The claim we would like to consider is that the phonological system of the native speaker plays an active role in language change and language processing. The phonological system is inherently full of asymmetries – both in terms of the representation as well as the output of phonological processes. Representations may include contrasts in terms of features (e.g. [CORONAL] vs [DORSAL] place of articulation) or quantity (e.g., geminate vs. singleton consonants). These asymmetries then govern processing, and in turn, phonological and morphological change. In this talk we discuss asymmetries from case studies (historical and experimental) involving feature contrasts (German, English and Mandarin) and quantity contrasts (Bengali, English, Mandarin). We would like to argue that at each stage the phonological grammar has a constraining influence.

主办单位

北京大学中国语言学研究中心

北京大学国际合作部