Paul Boersma (1998): Functional Phonology. Formalizing the interactions between articulatory and perceptual drives. The Hague: Holland Academic Graphics. [LOT International Series 11] Doctoral thesis, University of Amsterdam, defended September 14, 1998. ISBN 90-5569-054-6, pp. i-xi, 1-493. Hardcopy available from the author. Downloadable as a PDF file (3.5 MB).

Information about the general contents of this book:

• Abstract

Below, you can find an abstract and content list of each chapter, and many of the Praat scripts that perform the simulations or draw the pictures:

• Introduction

• Chapter 1: Representations and features
• Chapter 2: Articulation model
• Chapter 3: Acoustical simulation
• Chapter 4: Perception models
• Chapter 5: Test of the articulation model

• Chapter 6: Functional Optimality Theory
• Chapter 7: Articulatory constraints
• Chapter 8: Perceptual categorization and the emergence of finiteness
• Chapter 9: Perceptual contrast and faithfulness
• Chapter 10: Acoustical faithfulness
• Chapter 11: Typology and the local-ranking hypothesis
• Chapter 12: Correspondence
• Chapter 13: Degrees of specification

• Chapter 14: Learning a production grammar
• Chapter 15: How we learn variation, optionality, and probability
• Chapter 16: Inventories
• Chapter 17: Sound change
• Chapter 18: The obligatory contour principle
• Chapter 19: Spreading
• Chapter 20: Conclusion