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Colloquium: Laura McPherson, Dartmouth College “Phonological structure in a musical surrogate language: the Sambla talking balafon”

Royce Hall 314

Insights from metrics (e.g. Kiparsky 1977, Hayes 1988, i.a.) andother artistic adaptations of language have long contributed to phonologicaltheory. This talk demonstrates how musical surrogate languages offer yetanother unexpected source of data for both phonological representations and thecognitive reality of grammatical architecture. I draw on the case study of theSambla balafon, a resonator xylophone with...

2018 West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 36

Ackerman Union: Bruin Reception Room & Viewpoint Conference Room

WCCFL 36 - Program WCCFL Venue Map Directions to Ackerman Union: Bruin Reception Room and Viewpoint Conference Room