Introducing phonology /

Designed for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics, this leading textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonology, the study of sound patterns in language. It teaches in a step-by-step fashion the logical techniques of phonological analysis and the fundamental theories...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Odden, David Arnold, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Cambridge introductions to language and linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is phonology?; 2. Allophonic relations; 3. Feature theory; 4. Underlying representations; 5. Interacting processes; 6. Doing an analysis; 7. Phonological typology and naturalness; 8. Abstractness and psychological reality; 9. Nonlinear representations.