The Blackwell Companion to Phonology

by van Oostendorp, Marc; Ewen, Colin J.; Hume, Elizabeth V.; Rice, Keren

• ISBN13: 9781405184236
• ISBN10: 140518423X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Bringing together over 125 new contributions from leading international scholars in the field, The Blackwell Companion to Phonology simultaneously offers broad coverage and a high level of detail. Available online or as a five-volume print set, this forward-looking, landmark work will be indispensable to students and researchers in the field for years to come. Presents a diverse range of approaches and methodologies in phonological research in essays of 10,000 words Contains full explorations of all the most important ideas and key developments in the field over 5 volumes Comprehensive coverage includes sections exploring segmental and subsegmental phonology, suprasegmental phonology, phonological processes, phonological interfaces, and phonology across languages Focuses on phonological phenomena and case studies to highlight the historical and ongoing debates in the field Brings together an international team of editors and contributors Publishing simultaneously in print and online; visit www.companiontophonology.com for full detailsAdditional features of the online edition (ISBN: 978-1-4443-3526-2): Online-only materials include sound files, video files, extra articles, and links to external content on the web, providing a multifaceted learning experience Powerful searching, browsing, and cross-referencing capabilities, including Open URL linking Fully integrated and searchable content with the comprehensive Handbooks in Linguistics series, for those institutions already subscribing to Blackwell Reference Online

Author Biography

MARC VAN OOSTENDORP is Senior Researcher at the Department of Variationist Linguistics at the Meertens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Phonological Microvariation at the University of Leiden. He holds an MA in Computational Linguistics and a PhD from Tilburg University.

COLIN J. EWEN is Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Leiden. He holds an MA in English Language and Linguistics and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He is editor (with Ellen Kaisse) of the journal Phonology.

ELIZABETH HUME is Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics at The Ohio State University. She holds a PhD and MA in linguistics from Cornell University, an MA in French and Social Psychology of Language from McMaster University, and a BA in French from Université Laval.

KEREN RICE is University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Linguistics and Aboriginal Studies at the University of Toronto. She holds an MA and PhD in Linguistics from the University of Toronto and a BA in Linguistics from Cornell University.

Table of Contents

1: General Issues and Segmental Phonology.

2: Suprasegmental and Prosodic Phonology.

3: Phonological Processes.

4: Phonological Interfaces.

5: Phonology Across Languages.