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From Utterances to Speech Acts

By Mikhail Kissine

"Kissine offers a new theory of speech acts which is philosophically sophisticated and builds on work in cognitive science, formal semantics, and linguistic typology. This highly readable, brilliant essay is a major contribution to the field."

--François Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod


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Title: Understanding Phonology
Written By: Carlos Gussenhoven
Haike Jacobs
Description:

This book gives a clear and accurate picture of current phonological theory in a small number of pages. John Goldsmith, University of Chicago

This skilfully written new text provides a broad, yet up-to-date, introduction to phonology. Assuming no previous knowledge of phonology or linguistic theory, the authors introduce the basic concepts and build on these progressively, discussing the main theories and illustrating key points with carefully chosen examples. A wide range of phenomena are covered: speech production, segmental contrasts, tone, quality, prosodic structure, metrical relations and intonation. The main theories are introduced and their contributions to our understanding of phonology, as well as their shortcomings, are discussed objectively.

Contents: The production of speech / Some typology: sameness and difference / Making the form fit / Two levels of representation / Distinctive Features / Ordered rules / The diminutive suffix in Dutch / Levels of representation / Representing tone / Skeletal slots and moras / Feature geometry / Complex segments / Stress / Iambic and Trochambic rhythm in Optimality Theory.

*This title is distributed in the United States by Oxford University Press. www.oup.com/us

Publication Year: 1998
Publisher: Hodder Education
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Linguistic Field(s): Phonology

Versions:
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 0340692170
ISBN-13: N/A
Pages: 304pp
Prices: U.S. $ 70.00

 
 
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0340692189
ISBN-13: N/A
Pages: 304pp
Prices: U.S. $ 19.95