A Very Basic Question

• a simple wave-form->thought dictionary for analysis and
• a simple thought->articulation dictionary for production?

Because

• There is no simple one-to-one mapping between form and function.
• Forms and potential meanings apparently vary continuously: there is no finite set of wave-form patterns, articulatory movements, or thoughts.
• Meaning depends on context as well as on auditory input.
• Analysis and production must share something; otherwise there would be no transfer from one to the other.
• Intermediate levels provide a more efficient way of learning and representing the associations.

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