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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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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Jose A. Mompean Gonzalez 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 |
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Jose A. Mompean Gonzalez |
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THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH |
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THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH |
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THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH |
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THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH |
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THE PHONEME AS A BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORY: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH |
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phoneme as a basic-level category: experimental evidence from english |
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Universidad de Murcia |
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International Journal of English Studies (IJES) |
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1578-7044 |
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2006-12-01 |
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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. |
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classical view of categorization taxonomies basic level phonological categories concept formation |
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