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Introducing Phonetics and Phonology Second Edition

ISBN: 9780340810453 | 0340810459
Edition: 2nd
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 4/29/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
This book examines some of the ways linguistics 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 phonologicaltheory, this 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 som... MORE
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List of tables
x
List of figures
xi
Prefacexiii
Preface to the second editionxv
The International Phonetic Alphabetxvi
Introduction
1(6)
Phonetics and phonology
1(2)
The generative enterprise
3(4)
Further reading
6(1)
Introduction to articulatory phonetics
7(11)
Overview
8(6)
Speech sound classification
14(1)
Supra-segmental structure
15(1)
Consonants vs. vowels
16(2)
Further reading
16(1)
Exercises
17(1)
Consonants
18(20)
Stops
19(7)
Affricates
26(1)
Fricatives
27(3)
Nasals
30(1)
Liquids
31(3)
Glides
34(2)
An inventory of English consonants
36(2)
Further reading
37(1)
Exercises
37(1)
Vowels
38(18)
Vowel classification
38(1)
The vowel space and Cardinal Vowels
39(2)
Further classifications
41(1)
The vowels of English
42(9)
Some vowel systems of English
51(5)
Further reading
54(1)
Exercises
54(2)
Acoustic phonetics
56(17)
Fundamentals
56(4)
Speech sounds
60(10)
Crosslinguistic values
70(3)
Further reading
71(1)
Exercises
71(2)
Above the segment
73(18)
The syllable
73(5)
Stress
78(6)
Tone and intonation
84(7)
Further reading
89(1)
Exercises
89(2)
Features
91(23)
Segmental composition
91(1)
Phonetic vs. phonological features
92(2)
Charting the features
94(15)
Conclusion
109(5)
Further reading
110(2)
Exercises
112(2)
Phonemic analysis
114(18)
Sounds that are the same but different
114(3)
Finding phonemes and allophones
117(3)
Linking levels: rules
120(2)
Choosing the underlying form
122(6)
Summary
128(4)
Further reading
129(1)
Exercises
129(3)
Phonological alternations, processes and rules
132(15)
Alternations vs. processes vs. rules
132(1)
Alternation types
133(4)
Formal rules and rule writing
137(5)
Overview of phonological operations and rules
142(2)
Summary
144(3)
Further reading
145(1)
Exercises
145(2)
Phonological structure
147(25)
The need for richer phonological representation
148(3)
Segment internal structure: feature geometry and underspecification
151(5)
Autosegmental phonology
156(6)
Suprasegmental structure
162(8)
Conclusion
170(2)
Further reading
170(1)
Exercises
170(2)
Derivational analysis
172(22)
The aims of analysis
172(2)
A derivational analysis of English noun plural formation
174(4)
Extrinsic vs. intrinsic rule ordering
178(2)
Evaluating competing analyses: evidence, economy and plausibility
180(10)
Conclusion
190(4)
Further reading
190(1)
Exercises
191(3)
Constraining the model
194(19)
Abstractness in analysis
195(2)
Extrinsic and intrinsic rule ordering revisited
197(1)
Constraining the power of the phonological component
198(7)
Alternative to derivation: non-derivational phonology
205(6)
Conclusion
211(2)
Further reading
212(1)
References213(3)
Subject index216(4)
Varieties of English index220(2)
Language index222

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