Phonology

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Covering the entire history of generative phonology, from the Sound Pattern of English model to the Optimality Theory framework in use today, Phonology includes the latest developments in analytical and theoretical aspects of the subject.

Author(s): Carr, Philip; Montreuil, Jean-Pierre
Series: Modern linguistics series
Edition: 2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2013

Language: English
Pages: 338

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Revision of Phonetics.- The Phonemic Principle.- Alternations.- Features, Classes and Systems.- Problems with the Phonemic Principle.- The Organisation of the Grammar.- Abstractness, Psychological Reality and the Phonetics/Phonology Relation .- The Role of the Lexicon.- Representations Reconsidered (i) Phonological Structure above the Level of the Segment.- Representations Reconsidered (ii) Autosegmental Phonology .- Phonological Weight.- Optimality Theory .- Issues in Optimality .- Feature Specifications for Consonants.- Sample Answers to Exercises.- References.- Subject Index.- Language Index.