%0 Journal Article
%T Il mare nella voce. Note su alcune metafore nella fonologia non lineare
%A Massimiliano Barbera
%J Studi Linguistici e Filologici Online
%D 2003
%I 
%X The presence of sea terms and metaphors in the linguistic studies begins with Sapir s idea of  drift . But we can point out a notable increase of the marine vocabulary in the non-linear phonology. Bolinger develops a large metaphorical reasoning in order to interpret and represent the vocal instrument and, above all, the intonation as a multi-dimensional and  thalassomorphic  matter; in particular he emphasizes how emotional aspects give rise to vocal tides. Afterwards Goldsmith and the autosegmental phonology enlarge the use of definers (just like  drift ) drawn from marine and maritime world, involving specific and complex linguistic phenomena (e.g. vowel armony). Remarkable the idea of  anchoring : we can suppose it has filtered out in Optimality Theory from the Connexionist background and, probably, from a larger use in psychological and cognitive sciences.
%U http://www.humnet.unipi.it/slifo/articolobarbera.pdf