Workshop: Advancing Research in Phonology via Articulatory Phonology (ARP_AP): July 29-31, 2019 Monterrey, CA

本次研讨会将邀请专家和学生一起探讨在理解单词结构方面的创新，以及使用发音音韵学理论说话的基本原理。这一理论与大多数语言学理论不同，它将时间作为组成单词（辅音和元音）的元素的固有部分。理论检验产生了对现象的新的、有见地的解释。该项目考察了音系学的成就和理论方向，因为音系学的符号处理（有顺序但没有时间）处于不断变化的状态。许多人已经开始添加发音音韵学中使用的元素，但这些实现错过了关键的理论元素。此外，产生理论所依赖的各种数据的测量方法，如舌头运动的测量，已经变得更容易使用和更广泛使用。研讨会将包括理论报告和有前途的方向讨论。成果将包括创新的实验计划和科学传播，以及对语音的更深入理解，这可能为通信技术进步提供信息。了解音韵学的基础，它使我们拥有无限数量的单词，对理论语言学、濒危语言的文献记录和语言障碍的补救都很重要。尽管现代语言学家在理解语音方面取得了进步，但仍有一些问题难以分析。说话者语速加快时发生的可变变化本质上是连续的，但符号表示难以适应这种结果。元音和辅音的和谐，即一个元音（或辅音）的特征影响同一单词中另一个元音（或辅音）的实现，尽管有相当数量的语言表现出和谐，但在以前的音韵学中没有完全考虑到这一点。对于濒危语言来说，准备对其后代和希望复兴该语言的更大群体有用的材料变得越来越重要。因为符号描述省略了大量的细节，它们并不理想地适合于这个目的。发音音韵学的理论解释，以及在生成解释时收集的生理记录，可以为振兴提供更好的平台。许多言语障碍被认为是“音韵学的”，但在言语病理学的程序背后的理论并不总是充分阐明。重新检查基本单元，如将音素与发音手势进行比较，有望进一步改善补习。本次研讨会将为其中的许多问题提供证据。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This workshop will bring experts and students together to investigate innovations in understanding the structure of words and the basic principles that enable speaking using the theory of Articulatory Phonology. This theory, unlike most linguistic theories, incorporates time as an inherent part of the elements that make up words (consonants and vowels). Theoretical testing has resulted in new and insightful interpretations of phenomena. This project examines accomplishments and theoretical directions, because symbolic treatments of phonology (which have sequencing but not time) are in a state of flux. Many have begun adding elements like those used in Articulatory Phonology, but those implementations miss critical theoretical elements. Further, measures that result in the kinds of data that the theory depends on, such as measurements of tongue movement, have become easier to use and more widely used. The workshop will include theoretical presentations with promising directions discussed. Outcomes will include innovative experimental plans and scientific dissemination, as well as deeper understanding of sounds of speech which could inform technological advances in communication.Understanding the basis of phonology, which allows us to have an unlimited number of words, is important to theoretical linguistics, to the documentation of endangered languages, and to the remediation of speech impairments. Despite the progress modern linguists have made in understanding the sounds of speech, there are still issues that resist analysis. The variable changes that take place as a speaker speaks more quickly are continuous in nature, but symbolic representations struggle to accommodate such results. Vowel and consonant harmony, in which features of one vowel (or consonant) affect the realization of another in the same word, have been incompletely accounted for in previous phonologies, despite the sizable number of languages that exhibit harmony. For endangered languages, preparing material that will be of use to descendants and the larger community who want to revive the language has become increasingly important. Because symbolic descriptions leave out a great deal of detail, they are not ideally suited to this purpose. The theoretical account of Articulatory Phonology, along with the physiological records that would be collected in generating an account, could provide a better platform for revitalization. Many speech disorders are considered "phonological", but the theory that underlies the procedures in speech pathology is not always fully articulated. Reexamination of the basic units, such as comparing phonemes to articulatory gestures, holds promise of further improvement in remediation. This workshop will provide evidence for many of these issues.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.