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Phonology in Generative Grammar

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ISBN-10: 1557864268

ISBN-13: 9781557864260

Edition: 1993

Authors: Michael J. Kenstowicz

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This is the most comprehensive and current introduction to phonological theory and analysis. Presupposing only minimal background in linguistics, the book introduces the basic concepts and principles of phonological analysis and then systematically develops the major innovations in the generative model since Chomsky and Halle's Sound Patterns of English (1968) with emphasis on the past ten years. Careful study of the text will enable the student to read the current scholarly literature with critical understanding and some perspective. Some unique features of the book include a set of exercises reinforcing the basic concepts and principles, illustrations from a variety of languages based on…    
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Book details

List price: $89.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Sounds of Speech
Phonological Rules and Representations
Phonoligical Alternations and Derivations
The Phonetic Foundations of Phonology
Lexical Phonology
The Syllable and the Syllabification
Autosegmental Phonology
The Phonological Skeleton
Feature Geometry, Underspecification, and Constraints
Stress
Prododic Morphology
References
Abbreviations
Language Index
Subject Index