Phonological Theory The Essential Readings

by Goldsmith, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780631204695
• ISBN10: 0631204695
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the key readings in phonological theory. It is designed to complement the outstanding Handbook of Phonological Theory, this volume is ideal as a primary text for course use. It also represents an unparalleled work of reference for anyone interested in recent developments in linguistic theory.

Author Biography

John A. Goldsmith is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. He is author of Autosegmental and Metrical Phonology (Blackwell, 1990) and editor of The Handbook of Phonology (Blackwell, 1995).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(16)
John Goldsmith
From The Sound Pattern of English: Phonetic and Phonological Representation	17	(5)
Noam Chomsky
Morris Halle
On the Role of Notation in Generative Phonology	22	(12)
James D. McCawley
From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology	34	(29)
Paul Kiparsky
The Cycle in Phonology: Stress in Palestinian, Maltese, and Spanish	63	(21)
Michael K. Brame
On Phonotactically Motivated Rules	84	(7)
Alan H. Sommerstein
Harmonic Phonology	91	(11)
John Goldsmith
Generalized Alignment	102	(35)
John J. McCarthy
Alan S. Prince
An Overview of Autosegmental Phonology	137	(25)
John Goldsmith
A Prosodic Theory of Nonconcatenative Morphology	162	(23)
John J. McCarthy
From CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable	185	(16)
G. N. Clements
S. J. Keyser
The Geometry of Phonological Features	201	(23)
G. N. Clements
Inalterability in CV Phonology	224	(14)
Bruce Hayes
Prosodic Morphology (1986)	238	(51)
John J. McCarthy
Alan S. Prince
On the Role of the Obligatory Contour Principle in Phonological Theory	289	(14)
David Odden
Phonology with Tiers	303	(10)
Alan S. Prince
Immediate Constituents of Mazateco Syllables	313	(15)
Kenneth L. Pike
Eunice Victoria Pike
The Syllable	328	(23)
Elisabeth O. Selkirk
Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology	351	(19)
Bruce Hayes
Syllables	370	(22)
E. C. Fudge
On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm	392	(13)
Mark Liberman
Alan Prince
Relating to the Grid	405	(10)
Alan S. Prince
Extrametricality and English Stress	415	(11)
Bruce Hayes
Index	426