LINGUIST List 13.159

Tue Jan 22 2002

Books: Phonology

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Joyce Reid, Phonology: Phonology: Analysis and Theory by Edmund Gussmann

Phonology
Analysis and Theory

Edmund Gussmann, University of Gdansk, Poland

This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to phonology that
assumes no prior knowledge and provides an overall view of the field
which can be covered within a year. It also does not confine itself to
any specific theoretical approach. Each chapter focuses on a
particular set of theoretical issues including segments, syllables,
feet, and phonological processing. Gussmann explores these areas using
data drawn from a variety of languages including English, Icelandic,
Russian, Irish, Finnish, Turkish, and others.

Contents:

1. Sounds and segments; 
2. The melody and the skeleton; 
3. Domains and phonological regularities; 
4. The syllable; 
5. More on codas; 
6. Some segmental regularities; 
7. Syllable structure and phonological effects: quantity in Icelandic; 
8. Segmental double agents; 
9. Words and feet--stress in Munster Irish; 
Summary.

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

2002/248 pp.
0-521-57409-9/Hb/List: $60.00
0-521-57428-5/Pb/List: $22.00
Cambridge University Press
http://www.cup.org