Understanding Phonology |
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| Author:
| Gussenhoven, Carlos
Jacobs, Haike |
| Series title: | Understanding Language Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-96142-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $46.95 |
Book Description:
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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:
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.