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Understanding Phonology - Couverture souple

Gussenhoven, Carlos; Jacobs, Haike

 
9780340692189: Understanding Phonology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0340692189 ISBN 13 : 9780340692189
Editeur : Hodder Arnold, 1998

Synopsis

This skilfully written 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, quantity, prosodic structure, metrical relations and intonation. The main theories, including feature geometry and Optimality Theory are introduced, and their contributions to our understanding of phonology, as well as their shortcomings, are discussed objectively.



Students will welcome the range of language from which the authors draw their examples and problems, and the originality of the presentations, discussions and examples.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This skilfully written 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, quantity, prosodic structure, metrical relations and intonation. The main theories, including feature geometry and Optimality Theory are introduced, and their contributions to our understanding of phonology, as well as their shortcomings, are discussed objectively.

Students will welcome the range of language from which the authors draw their examples and problems, and the originality of the presentations, discussions and examples.

Revue de presse

...gives a clear and accurate picture of current phonological theory in a small number of pages. (Nina Groennum, University of Copenhagen)

This is an excellent book. Clear, concise and explicit about problem areas. The exercises are very good and extremely useful. (John Goldsmith, University of Chicago, USA)

Excellent course book! (Carsten Naeher, University of Bonn 2005-02-24)

"Readers will appreciate an introduction to phonology which requires time and effort to allow a consolidation of acquired knowledge for students and for those who are new in the field. The fact that this volume has been reprinted in 2005 attests to its quality and popularity among professional readers and students alike."

(Chantal Paboudjian, The Phonetician 2005-02-24)

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Éditeur
Hodder Arnold
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0340692189
ISBN 13 
9780340692189
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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