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1、VowelpatternsinmindandsoundJohnHarrisGeoffLindseyUniversityCollegeLondonCityUniversity,LondonLanguageisprimarilyanauditorysystemofsymbols.Insofarasitisarticulateditisalsoamotorsystem,butthemotoraspectisclearlysecondarytotheauditory.Innormalindividualstheimpulsetospeechfirst
2、takeseffectinthesphereofauditoryimageryandisthentransmittedtothemotornervesthatcontroltheorgansofspeech.Themotorprocessesandtheaccompanyingmotorfeelingsarenot,however,theend,thefinalrestingpoint.Theyaremerelyameansandacontrolleadingtoauditoryperceptioninbothspeakerandhearer
3、...Hence,thecycleofspeech...beginsandendsintherealmofsounds(Sapir1921:17-18).1IntroductionThesoundaspectofalinguisticsignprovidestheinformationwhichenables1listenersandspeakerstoaccessthesign’slexicalandgrammaticalmeaning.Thechannelforthisinformationisthespeechsignal,throug
4、hwhichspeakerstransmitandmonitortheinformationandlistenersreceiveit.Onthebasisofthisratherobviouspoint,itwouldbenaturaltoconcludethatphonologicalfeatures—thecodeintermsofwhichtheinformationiscompiled—shouldbedefinedintermsofauditoryimagery.Yetforagenerationthemostinfluentia
5、lbrandoffeaturetheoryhasbeencentredalmostwhollyonarticulation.Thisissurprising;for,whilearticulationsconstituteadeliverysystemforlinguisticinformation,theyarenotofthemselvesinformation-bearing.ToechoSapir:theperceptibleformofalinguisticsignisessentialandprimary,themeansbywh
6、ichitisproducedsecondary.Considerananalogyfromtherealmofwrittensigns.Countlessdisabledpeoplehavelearnedtoread,despitelackingthemechanicalwherewithaltowrite.Aresuchpeopleilliterates?Bynomeans.Onlyabiastowardsproductionoverperception,orsomebogusegalitarianisminrelationtothese
7、domains,wouldinsistthattheyare.Whocouldlearntowritewithouttheabilitytoread?1Onlyatrainedape—anilliterateape.Evenwhentherecenthegemonyofarticulatoryfeatureshasbeenchallenged,ithasrarelybeenwithanythinglikethewholeheartedcommitmenttotheauditory-acousticthatcharacterisedJakobs
8、onianfeaturetheory(Jakobson,Fant&Halle1952).Oneresponsehasbeentomakeacousticspecif
