Preface

Origin of this book
May 2004 Berkeley, conference on “Methods in Phonology”
Conference in honor of John Ohala
Focus of this book
Foundational experimental methods
Methods to test phonological hypothesis on the knowledge of speakers and hears’ native sound system
the acquisition of the sound system
the laws that govern the sound system
Methods are not static
Recent change in “methods in Phonology”
The rise of new experimental techniques
Increased use of experimental methods in Phonology
Factors responsible for this change
Factors causing recent change in “methods in Phonology”
The rise of new experimental techniques
Increased use of experimental methods in Phonology
Factors responsible for this change
Increasingly diverse questions
Structure of grammar
Representation of sound patterns
Phonetic and phonological constraints
Categorization
New prospective
Development of the techniques
Availability of corpora
Phonological unification in recognition and application
Experiment embedment within other science fields
To unify the established knowledge and the account of language and speech
Modeling in Phonology and relevant techniques
The ability to model relevant behaviors and patterns
The increasing importance of modeling tools
Phonological findings & theoretical implications therefrom