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The Current Relevance of Bloch's ‘Postulates‘

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2026

Archibald A. Hill
Archibald A. Hill*
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University of Texas
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Abstract

The continuing relevance of Bernard Bloch's ‘Postulates for phonemic analysis’ lies in the facts that they point to the basis of the minimal-pair identification test, the most powerful tool in phonological analysis, and that they further point to the basic necessity of sound-discrimination in the development of human language.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 1967 , pp. 203 - 207
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Copyright © 1967 by Linguistic Society of America

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