Phonology
A Coursebook

This thoughtfully ordered introduction to a wide range of phonological phenomena is accessibly written to assist student understanding.

Robert Kennedy (Author)

9781107624948, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 September 2016

376 pages
24.6 x 17.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.75 kg

'The rich collection of exercises in this book guides the reader through the fundamental notions in phonological theory to advanced levels of analysis.' Patrycja Strycharczuk, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

This 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. Introduction
2. Alternation
3. Alternation with zero
4. Other kinds of alternation
5. Phonemic analysis
6. Natural classes and distinctive features
7. Rule ordering, opacity, and abstractness
8. Syllables
9. Tone
10. Stress
11. Prosodic morphology
12. Advanced theories.

Subject Areas: Phonetics, phonology [CFH], Linguistics [CF]