Syntax and Speech:

William E. Cooper; Jeanne Paccia-Cooper

Published by Harvard University Press 1980

Syntax and Speech

William E. Cooper and Jeanne Paccia-Cooper

Volume 3 in the series Cognitive Science Series

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674283947

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About this book

Syntax and Speech is the first extensive examination of the relation between sentence structure and the organization of speech. Combining the methods of cognitive psychology, linguistics, and acoustics, the Coopers show that a surprising amount of syntactic information is conveyed by the subtle ways a speaker times the delivery of a sentence.

Syntax and Speech provides abundant experimental evidence that the syntactic boundaries of surface phrase structure have strong effects on the timing of the speech signal.

The Coopers develop a detailed theory of structural representation to account for the location of pauses and elongated speech sounds. This work bears importantly both upon psychological theories of speech production and linguistic theories of sentence structure. Moreover, their methods of examining speech provide an admirable model of how complex human behavior can be successfully analyzed. The results, which can be applied to language pathology and communications engineering and have clear parallels in other expressive behaviors such as American Sign Language, music, and animal communication, provide the starting point for many new lines of research in cognitive science.

Author information

CooperWilliam E.:

William E. Cooper is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.Paccia-CooperJeanne:

Jeanne Paccia-Cooper is a Ph.D. candidate in the Psychology Department at Boston University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Hierarchical Coding of Major Phrases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3 Phrase Structures and Grammatical Categories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4 Deletion Rules Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5 Movement Rules Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
6 Blocking of Phonological Rules Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
7 Theory and Further Experimentation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
8 Ramifications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 275
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 30
- Tables: 25
- Other: 29 line illustrations, 24 tables
Keywords: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.; Psycholinguistics.; Speech.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674283947

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1980
ISBN: 9780674283923