Introductory Phonology

by Hayes, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781405184113
• ISBN10: 1405184116
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features,this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to thefield for those who are coming to it for the first time. Provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned phonologist Developed and tested in the classroom through years of experience and use Emphasizes analysis of phonological data, placing this in its scientific context, and explains the relevant methodology Guides students through the larger questions of what phonological patterns reveal about language Includesnumerous course-friendly features, including multi-part exercises andannotated suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter

Author Biography

Bruce Hayes is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published extensively in books and journals, and is the author of Metrical Stress Theory: Principles and Case Studies (1995), and editor (with Robert Kirchner and Donca Steriade) of Phonetically-Based Phonology (2004). His website is available at: www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
Phonetics	p. 1
Phonemic Analysis	p. 19
More on Phonemes	p. 47
Features	p. 70
Morphology	p. 103
Phonological Alternation I	p. 121
Phonological Alternation II	p. 142
Morphophonemic Analysis	p. 161
Productivity	p. 190
The Role of Morphology and Syntax	p. 205
Diachrony and Synchrony	p. 223
Abstractness	p. 235
Syllables	p. 250
Stress, Stress Rules, and Syllable Weight	p. 271
Tone and Intonation	p. 291
On Phonology Problems	p. 315
Index	p. 317
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