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Understanding Phonology

by Gussenhoven,Carlos

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5/27/2011

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This text provides a broad yet up-to-date introduction to phonology. Assuming no previous knowledge of phonology or linguistic theory, the authors introduce the basic concepts and build on these progressively, discussing the main theories and illustrating key points with carefully chosenexamples. The book covers a wide range of phenomena, including speech production, segmental contrasts, tone, quantity, prosodic structure, metrical relations, and intonation, as well as such key theories as feature geometry and Optimality Theory. In this new edition the authors have revised andupdated the text of the original in light of recent research and as a result of users' comments.

Author Biography

Carlos Gussenhoven is Professor of General and Experimental Phonology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

Haike Jacobs is Professor of French Language and Linguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
The IPA chart	p. x
Structures in languages	p. 1
The production of speech	p. 15
Some typology: sameness and difference	p. 34
Making the form fit	p. 45
Underlying and surface representations	p. 61
Distinctive features	p. 72
SPE A case study: the diminutive suffix in Dutch	p. 92
Transparency and opacity with rules and constraints	p. 111
Levels of representation	p. 131
Representing tone	p. 147
Between the segment and the syllable	p. 162
Feature geometry	p. 185
Exploiting the feature tree	p. 198
Stress and feet	p. 214
Further constraining stress	p. 227
Phonology above the word	p. 246
Epilogue	p. 262
Key to questions	p. 264
References	p. 300
Language index	p. 311
Subject index	p. 316
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