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    Uncertainty as an organizing principle of phonology

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    Hume, E.
    Wedel, A.
    Date
    2012
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7402

    In this talk, we propose a unified account of patterns of phonological enhancement and reduction that occur at sub-lexical and higher levels. Central to the proposal is the view that language is conceived of as a system of optimizing communication through efficiently resolving uncertainty in the mapping between signal and meaning. Patterns of enhancement and reduction are seen as responses to the need to reduce uncertainty associated with predicting the outcome of a message.

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    Field of Research::20 - Language, Communication and Culture::2004 - Linguistics::200404 - Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science
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