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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Phonology 4Th Edition 2017 by Carlos Gussenhoven, Haike Jacobs
Understanding Phonology, Fourth Edition provides a clear, accessible and broad introduction to Phonology. Introducing basic concepts, it provides a comprehensive account of phonological issues such as segmental contrasts; syllables and moras; quantity, tone, intonation and stress; feature geometry; and prosodic constituent structure. This new edition has been reorganized and revised with key features including: A brand new eResource at www.routledge.com/9781138961425, which contains a full answer key for all exercises, and audio recordings of illustrative examples;Illustrations in languages from all six continents and all major language families, including Arabic, Mandarin, Finnish, Zulu and Hawaiian;Over 140 exercises to test understanding, including new exercises involving larger data sets;Revised coverage of tone, stress and opacity in OT.Understanding Phonology is essential reading for students coming to this topic for the first time. 1. Structures in languages2. The production of speech3. Some typology: sameness and difference4. Making the form fit5. Distinctive features 6. Describing places of articulation7. Underlying and surface representations8. Levels of representation9. Between the segment and the syllable10. Tones11. Stress12. Phonology above the word13. Transparency and opacity with rules and constraints 14. Feature geometry