Ordering of Phonological Rules: A Cognitive Phonology Approach

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this paper is to show that rule ordering in phonology is unnecessary under the framework of Cognitive Phonology (Lakoff 1993). Rule ordering has been regarded as inevitable under the generative phonology, but the complexity of the rule ordering gave many students of phonology a doubt that these derivations have any psychological reality. Cognitive Phonology (CP) approach seems to suggest a solution for this problem. Unlike generative phonology, CP does not allow unlimited number of intermediate levels, but only three (Lakoff 1993:120). They are morphemic (M), phonemic or word (W), and phonetic level (P). Instead of generative rules, there are well-formedness conditions within and across levels. I illustrate the point with two languages: Korean and English. In Korean, three phonological rules are examined: Lateralization, I-Nasalization, and Stop Nasalization. The second data come from English. In English, three phonological rules, Spirantization, y-Insertion, and Palatalization, are examined and alternative analysis under CP framework is suggested. The feeding and the bleeding effects are obtained by the level difference of the model.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Cognitive Phonology
• 3. Korean
• 4. English
• 5. Optimality Theory and Cognitive Phonology
• 6. Conclusion
• References