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The Handbook of Phonological Theory

John A. Goldsmith (Edited by), J Goldsmith (Author), Jason Riggle (Edited by), Alan C. L. Yu (Edited by)

9781118798010, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 6 December 2013

976 pages
24.6 x 17.3 x 4.3 cm, 1.452 kg

The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines.

  • Revised from the ground-up for the second edition, the book is comprised almost entirely of newly-written and previously unpublished chapters
  • Addresses the important questions in the field including learnability, phonological interfaces, tone, and variation, and assesses the findings and accomplishments in these domains
  • Brings together a renowned and international contributor team
  • Offers new and unique reflections on the advances in phonological theory since publication of the first edition in 1995
  • Along with the first edition, still in publication, it forms the most complete and current overview of the subject in print

List of Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 Rules v. Constraints 1
David Odden

2 Opacity and Ordering 40
Eric Baković

3 The Interaction Between Morphology and Phonology 68
Sharon Inkelas

4 Quantity 103
Stuart Davis

5 Stress Systems 141
Matthew Gordon

6 The Syllable 164
John A. Goldsmith

7 Tone: Is it Different? 197
Larry M. Hyman

8 Harmony Systems 240
Sharon Rose and Rachel Walker

9 Contrast Reduction 291
Alan C. L. Yu

10 Diachronic Explanations of Sound Patterns 319
Gunnar Ólafur Hansson

11 Phonetics in Phonology 348
D. R. Ladd

12 Corpora and Exemplars in Phonology 374
Mirjam Ernestus and R. Harald Baayen

13 The Place of Variation in Phonological Theory 401
Andries W. Coetzee and Joe Pater

14 The Syntax-Phonology Interface 435
Elisabeth Selkirk

15 Intonation 485
Mary E. Beckman and Jennifer J. Venditti

16 Dependency-based Phonologies 533
Harry van der Hulst

17 The Acquisition of Phonology 571
Katherine Demuth

18 Phonology as Computation 596
John Coleman

19 Using Psychological Realism to Advance Phonological Theory 631
Matthew Goldrick

20 Learning and Learnability in Phonology 661
Adam Albright and Bruce Hayes

21 Sign Language Phonology 691
Diane Brentari

22 Language Games 722
Bert Vaux

23 Loanword Adaptation: From Lessons Learned to Findings 751
Carole Paradis and Darlene LaCharité

References 779

Index 914

Subject Areas: Language teaching & learning [other than ELT CJ]
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