THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH

THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH

This paper presents the results of a concept formation experiment that provides evidence on the possible existence of a basic-level of taxonomic organization in phonological categories as conceived of by phonetically naïve, native speakers of English. This level is roughly equivalent to the phoneme...

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Main Author: Jose A. Mompean Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Murcia 2006-12-01
Series:International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
Subjects:
classical view of categorization
taxonomies
basic level
phonological categories
concept formation
Online Access:http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/48891
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spelling doaj-8863a1138724486cb84aa9f57ada73d42020-11-24T23:32:25ZengUniversidad de MurciaInternational Journal of English Studies (IJES)1578-70442006-12-016210.6018/ijes.6.2.48891THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISHJose A. Mompean GonzalezThis paper presents the results of a concept formation experiment that provides evidence on the possible existence of a basic-level of taxonomic organization in phonological categories as conceived of by phonetically naïve, native speakers of English. This level is roughly equivalent to the phoneme as described by phonologists and linguists. The reason why the phoneme could be considered as the basic level of taxonomies of phonological categories is discussed.http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/48891classical view of categorizationtaxonomiesbasic levelphonological categoriesconcept formation
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THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH
International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
classical view of categorization
taxonomies
basic level
phonological categories
concept formation
author_facet Jose A. Mompean Gonzalez
author_sort Jose A. Mompean Gonzalez
title THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH
title_short THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH
title_full THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH
title_fullStr THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH
title_full_unstemmed THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH
title_sort phoneme as a basic-level category: experimental evidence from english
publisher Universidad de Murcia
series International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
issn 1578-7044
publishDate 2006-12-01
description This paper presents the results of a concept formation experiment that provides evidence on the possible existence of a basic-level of taxonomic organization in phonological categories as conceived of by phonetically naïve, native speakers of English. This level is roughly equivalent to the phoneme as described by phonologists and linguists. The reason why the phoneme could be considered as the basic level of taxonomies of phonological categories is discussed.
topic classical view of categorization
taxonomies
basic level
phonological categories
concept formation
url http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/48891
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