6.976 The Lexicon and its Features (H)

Professor Ken Stevens, stevens@speech.mit.edu, 3-3209
L R5-8pm, room 32-D831
Prereq.: permission of instructor
3-1-8

This subject qualifies as a Bioelectrical Engineering Concentration subject.

Overview of the distinctive features which distinguish sound categories in languages of the world. Theories which relate these categories to their acoustic and articulatory correlates, both universally and in particular languages. Models of word recognition by listeners. Features and phonological structure. The course offers a variety of perspectives on these issues, drawn from Electrical Engineering, Linguistics, and Cognitive Science. This subject will be offered jointly with Linguistics and Philosophy under 24.921.