Phonology is a specialized combinatorial system

What is it about?

Phonology is an abstract combinatorial system, constrained by principles that are putatively universal and amodal

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Why is it important?

I demonstrate that people rely on abstract phonological principles that are unattested in their own language, and they spontaneously project this knowledge from speech to sign language. These findings challenge a common view that identifies phonology as an analog sensorimotor interface, and they carry some direct implications to related speech and language disorders (e.g., dysleixa).