Modularity and the Motor Theory of Speech Perception : Proceedings of a Conference to Honor Alvin M. Liberman

Mattingly, Ignatius G.; Studdert-Kennedy, Michael

ISBN 10: 0805803319 / ISBN 13: 9780805803310

Published by Psychology Press, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modularity and the Motor Theory of Speech Perception : Proceedings of a Conference to Honor Alvin M. Liberman
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805803319
• ISBN 13: 9780805803310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A compilation of the proceedings of a conference held to honor Alvin M. Liberman for his outstanding contributions to research in speech perception, this volume deals with two closely related and controversial proposals for which Liberman and his colleagues at Haskins Laboratories have argued forcefully over the past 35 years. The first is that articulatory gestures are the units not only of speech production but also of speech perception; the second is that speech production and perception are not cognitive processes, but rather functions of a special mechanism. This book explores the implications of these proposals not only for speech production and speech perception, but for the neurophysiology of language, language acquisition, higher-level linguistic processing, the visual perception of phonetic gestures, the production and perception of sign language, the reading process, and learning to read. The contributors to this volume include linguists, psycholinguists, speech scientists, neurophysiologists, and ethologists. Liberman himself responds in the final chapter.

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Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Ignatius G. Mattingly