The reality of phonological forms: a reply to Port.

Circularity in Searle’s Social Ontology: With a Hegelian Reply

John Searle’s theory of social ontology posits that there are indispensable normative components in the linguistic apparatuses termed status functions, collective intentionality, and collective recognition, all of which, he argues, make the social world. In this paper, I argue that these building blocks of Searle’s social ontology are caught in a petitio of constitutive circularity. Mo...

Cognitive Strategic Model applied to a Port System

Port organizations have focused their efforts on physical or tangible assets, generating profitability and value. However, it is recognized that the greatest sustainable competitive advantage is the creation of knowledge using the intangible assets of the organization. The Balanced ScoreCard, as a performance tool, has incorporated intangible assets such as intellectual, structural and social c...

Contextual Neutralization of Vowel Length: Evidence from Dutch

Based on recent experimental studies of word-final devoicing in languages like German and Catalan which show production differences between the neutralized and nonneutralized consonants., i t has been claimed that phonological neutralization is' incomplete'. It seems, however, that this claim is quite premature given that most studies have considered only the neutralizing phenomenon of word-fin...

A Problem in Avicennas View on the Origination of the Soul and a Reply to It

Study of Phonological Awareness in Children with Phonological Disorders

Objective: The relationship between phonological awareness and phonological disorders has been considered in recent decades. Phonological awareness deficits in children with phonological disorders could be due to a deficit in phonological abilities. The present study attempts to study the phonological awareness deficits in children with phonological disorders.  Materials & Methods: This was ...