Robert KennedyCambridge University Press, 9/22/2016EAN 9781107624948, ISBN10: 1107624940Paperback, 376 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.7 cmLanguage: EnglishThis practical and accessibly written textbook provides a thoughtfully ordered introduction to a wide range of phonological phenomena. It contains many exercises combining classic datasets with newly compiled problems. These help the student learn to discover sound patterns nested in complex linguistic data, beginning with concrete introductory examples and stepping through a series of progressively more complex phonological phenomena. It covers alternation, vowel harmony, phonemic analysis, natural classes and distinctive features, abstractness and opacity, syllable structure, tone, stress, prosodic morphology, feature geometry, and optimality theory. It is essential reading for students of linguistics around the world.1. Introduction2. Alternation3. Alternation with zero4. Other kinds of alternation5. Phonemic analysis6. Natural classes and distinctive features7. Rule ordering, opacity, and abstractness8. Syllables9. Tone10. Stress11. Prosodic morphology12. Advanced theories.
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