Phonological General Theory

Author: (English) C. Gussenhoven
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Publish Date: 2003-12-04
Features: This book is a textbook on phonological theory, introducing almost all important phonological theories from classical generative phonology represented by SPE (Chomsky & Halle, 1968) to Optimality Theory. It discusses many hot topics in the field of phonology. Each chapter includes thought questions and exercises. The main text and red exercises involve materials from over 100 languages. The author has carefully arranged the content, highlighting key points and selecting representative linguistic materials. The writing is concise, enabling a textbook with over 200 pages to contain so much content. Generative phonology is the mainstream of contemporary phonology. The theories, basic concepts, and analytical methods introduced in this textbook are mainly derived from the research findings of generative phonology.