Generative Phonology. Description and Theory

✍ Scribed by Michael Kenstowicz and Charles Kisseberth (Auth.)

Publisher: Elsevier Inc, Academic Press Inc
Year: 1979
Tongue: English
Leaves: 458
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This volume explains the generative approach to phonological analysis and theory through a rigorous examination of data from a diverse sample of languages. It will give students the theoretical background necessary to read the phonological literature critically, and the analytical tools required for describing phonological structure

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xi-xiv
1 - Preliminaries, Pages 1-23
2 - Phonological Rules and Representations, Pages 25-43
3 - Alternations, Pages 45-75
4 - Phonological Sketches, Pages 77-137
5 - Evidence and Motivation, Pages 139-178
6 - The Problem of Abstractness, Pages 179-235
7 - The Representation of Sounds, Pages 237-289
8 - Rule Interaction, Pages 291-330
9 - Notation, Pages 331-387
10 - The Role of Syntax and the Lexicon in Phonology, Pages 389-439
References, Pages 441-448
Language Index, Pages 449-452
Subject Index, Pages 453-459

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