The Syllable in Speech Production: Perspectives on the Frame Content Theory

by Davis; Barbara L.

• ISBN13: 9780805854794
• ISBN10: 0805854797
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-15
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

As a testament to the scope of Peter MacNeilage's scholarly work across his 40 year career, contributions to this tribute volume represent a broad spectrum of the seminal issues addressed by phonetic and evolutionary science over a number of years. Approaches to the problems raised by attempting to understand these fundamental topics are illustrated in the broad diversity of paradigms represented in the volume. This diversity in itself is a tribute to the breadth of scholarly questions pursued by MacNeilage across his career. Chapters are arranged around five thematic areas. Two themes, Evolutionary Perspectives on Speech Productionand Acquisition of Speech,reflect the major thrust of Peter's scholarly career over the past 25 years. The other themes are reflective of the broad implications of MacNeilage's work for scholars in disparate scientific domains. One of the strengths of this volume is the unitary focus of contributions by scientists from diverse scientific backgrounds in considering the applicability of the Frame Content Theory within their own scholarly perspectives. Thematic strands in the volume include: - Evolutionary Perspectives on Speech Production - Neurobiological Aspects of Speech - Perception / Action Relationships - Acquisition of Speech Production Skill - Modeling and Movement - Alternative Perspectives on the Syllable.

Author Biography

Dr. Barbara Davis, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Krisztina Zajdo, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology and a linguist at the Division of Communication Disorders, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xxi
List of Contributors	p. xxxi
Overview
The Frame/Content Theory	p. 1
Evolutionary Perspectives on Speech Development
The Origins of Syllabification in Human Infancy and in Human Evolution	p. 29
Simple Combinatorial Considerations Challenge Ruhlen's Mother Tongue Theory	p. 63
The Frame/Content Theory and the Emergence of Consonants	p. 93
Lipsmacking and Babbling: Syllables, Sociality, and Survival	p. 111
Neurobiological Aspects of Speech Production
Mirror Neurons and Evolution of Communication and Language	p. 133
Syllables in Psycholinguistic Theory: Now You See Them, Now You Don't	p. 155
Perception/Action Relationships
The Emergent Syllable	p. 179
Co-occurrence Patterns in the Babbling of Children with a Cochlear Implant	p. 187
The Development of Consonant Vowel Syllables in Children Following Cochlear Implantation	p. 205
Frames and Babbling in Hearing and Deaf Infants	p. 225
Acquisition of Speech
Teething, Chewing, and the Babbled Syllable	p. 245
An Acoustical Analysis of Consonant-Vowel Co-occurrences in Babbling: Coronal and Dorsal Contexts	p. 273
Syllables, Segments, and Sequences: Phonological Patterns in the Words of Young Children Acquiring American English	p. 293
Modeling and Movement
The Target Hypothesis, Dynamic Specification and Segmental Independence	p. 327
Jaw Cycles and Linguistic Syllables in Adult English	p. 355
Alternative Perspectives on the Syllable
The Syllable in Sign Language: Considering the Other Natural Language Modality	p. 379
When the Babble Syllable Feeds the Foot in a Point	p. 409
Author Index	p. 429
Subject Index	p. 439
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