This paper describes empirical and modeling efforts that show it is possible to specify and empirically validate a model of situated action that utilizes symbolic representations and rulebased information processes. The discussed work shows that situated actions based on active perception (Bajcsy, 1988) utilizing learned visual routines (Ullman, 1983) can be modeled using symbolic representatio...

Morphophonological alternations, such as the voicing alternation that arises in a morphological paradigm due to final-devoicing in Dutch, are notoriously difficult for children to acquire. This has previously been attributed to their unpredictability. In fact, the presence or absence of a voicing alternation is partly predictable if the phonological context of the word is taken into account, an...

This article provides an overview of natural phonological processes in the dialect of Sistani Persian spoken in Iranian Sistan, and reviews theoretical implications of these processes. A representative selection of processes in the language is examined in reference to conditioning by surrounding segments and conditioning in reference to syllable structure. While assimilation and dissimilation a...

This paper presents a synoptic account of verbal suffixation in the Ura dialect Bumthang, language central Bhutan. Examining allomorphy shows persistence exceptions to historical sound changes contemporary allophonic and allomorphic processes, reveals striking contrasts with culturally dominant Tibetic languages area. We examine ways which some is motivated by patterns seen phonology more widel...

Neuropsychological evidence and recent rTMS studies strongly suggest that damage or inhibition of left prefrontal areas may result in specific impairment of verb morphosyntactic processing. However, functional imaging studies have so far failed to identify an area specifically related to grammatical aspects of verb knowledge. To date very few functional studies have been conducted in languages ...