Introducing Phonetics and Phonology

✍ Scribed by Mike Davenport; S. J. Hannahs

• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 276
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book examines some of the ways in which linguists can express what native speakers know about the sound system of their language. Intended for the absolute beginner, it requires no previous background in linguistics, phonetics or phonology. Starting with a grounding in phonetics and phonological theory, the book provides a base from which more advanced treatments may be approached. It begins with an examination of the foundations of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, moves on to the basic principles of phonology, and ends with an outline of some further issues within contemporary phonology. Varieties of English, particularly Received Pronunciation and General American, form the focus of consideration, but aspects of the phonetics and phonology of other languages are discussed as well. This new edition includes more discussion of Optimality Theory and a new glossary of terms. It has been updated throughout to take account of the latest developments in phonological theory, but without sacrificing the book's ease of use for beginners.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Book title
Contents
List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
The International Phonetic Alphabet
1 Introduction
1.1 Phonetics and phonology
1.2 The generative enterprise
Further reading
2 Introduction to articulatory phonetics
2.1 Overview
2.2 Speech sound classification
2.3 Supra-segmental structure
2.4 Consonants vs. vowels
Further reading
Exercises
3 Consonants
3.1 Stops
3.2 Affricates
3.3 Fricatives
3.4 Nasals
3.5 Liquids
3.6 Glides
3.7 An inventory of English consonants
Further reading
Exercises
4 Vowels
4.1 Vowel classification
4.2 The vowel space and Cardinal Vowels
4.3 Further classifications
4.4 The vowels of English
4.5 Some vowel systems of English
Further reading
Exercises
5 Acoustic phonetics
5.1 Fundamentals
5.2 Speech sounds
5.3 Cross-linguistic values
Further reading
Exercises
6 Above the segment
6.1 The syllable
6.2 Stress
6.3 Tone and intonation
Further reading
Exercises
7 Features
7.1 Segmental composition
7.2 Phonetic vs. phonological features
7.3 Charting the features
7.4 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
8 Phonemic analysis
8.1 Sounds that are the same but different
8.2 Finding phonemes and allophones
8.3 Linking levels: rules
8.4 Choosing the underlying form
8.5 Summary
Further reading
Exercises
9 Phonological alternations, processes and rules
9.1 Alternations vs. processes vs. rules
9.2 Alternation types
9.3 Formal rules and rule writing
9.4 Overview of phonological operations and rules
9.5 Summary
Further reading
Exercises
10 Phonological structure
10.1 The need for richer phonological representation
10.2 Segment internal structure: feature geometry, underspecification and unary features
10.3 Autosegmental phonology
10.4 Suprasegmental structure
10.5 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
11 Derivational analysis
11.1 The aims of analysis
11.2 A derivational analysis of English noun plural formation
11.3 Extrinsic vs. intrinsic rule ordering
11.4 Evaluating competing analyses: evidence, economy and plausibility
11.5 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
12 Constraint-based analysis
12.1 Introduction to optimality theory
12.2 The aims of analysis
12.3 Modelling phonological processes in OT
12.4 English noun plural formation: an OT account
12.5 Competing analyses
12.6 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
13 Constraining the model
13.1 Constraining derivational phonology: abstractness
13.2 Constraining the power of the phonological component
13.3 Constraining the power of OT
13.4 Conclusion
Further reading
Glossary
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References
Subject index
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Varieties of English index
Language index

✦ Subjects

phonetics,phonology