Ch 3

Two perspectives to approach language
a. Structural perspective
b. Ecological perspective
The exemplar-based orientation to sensory memory
a. Has a long history in cognitive psychology
b. Can be used to account for recognition and categorization
c. Can be applied to phonology
Two general approaches to language sound systems
a. Generalization
b. Exemplar-based
Two decisions in exemplar-based phonology
a. to choose a unit of representation
b. to represent the dimensions of exemplars
Two mechanisms:
Methods for calculating activation of exemplars in response to input and the spread of that activation in a network of exemplars
a. Similarity matching
b. Exemplar resonance
Permitting activation to spread through the set of exemplars via non-phonetic properties