Routledge Library Editions: Phonetics and Phonology
About the Book Series
This set of 23 volumes, originally published between 1952 and 1996, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on the subject of phonetics and phonology, including studies on the axiomatic method, nonlinear phonology, and prosodic phonology. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of language and linguistics.
Planar Phonology and Morphology
1st Edition
By Jennifer S. Cole
April 20, 2020
First published in 1991. In this study, the author investigates the proper treatment of harmony processes in phonological theory. The data examined lead to a formulation of morphologically governed harmony processes which involves multi-planar representations. The analysis of multi-planar harmony ...
Prosodic Constituency in the Lexicon
1st Edition
By Sharon Inkelas
April 20, 2020
First published in 1990. This study introduces Prosodic Lexical Phonology, a theory of morphology-phonology interaction. This theory unifies the theoretical treatments of lexical and postlexical phonological rule application. It also provides an explanatory account of systematic discrepancies that ...
Sonority Constraints on Prosodic Structure
1st Edition
By Draga Zec
April 20, 2020
First published in 1994. The goal of this study is to find the correlations between the internal constituency of the syllable and the sonority of segments. Its major claim is that valid correlations can be established only under the moraic theory of syllable-internal structure. This work thus ...
Studies in Tier Structure
1st Edition
By R. Armin Mester
April 20, 2020
First published in 1988. This study examines a number of issues arising in multitiered nonlinear phonology in the light of the Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP), which prohibits adjacent identical elements at the melodic level, and aims to provide another kind of evidence for segment-internal tier...
Syllable Theory in Prosodic Phonology
1st Edition
By Junko Itô
April 20, 2020
First published in 1988. The goal of this study is to explore the workings of a syllable theory which is an integral part of Prosodic Phonology. It will be shown that theory-internal considerations and a variety of empirical arguments converge on a conception of syllabification as continuous ...
The Acquisition of Maya Phonology: Variation in Yucatec Child Language
1st Edition
By H. Stephen Straight
April 20, 2020
First published in 1976. This title presents a study of Yucatec Maya segmental phonology by children. The aim of the study is to describe the phonological systems revealed in the speech of group of children in order to determine the kinds of structural differences which exist among these pedolectal...
The Axiomatic Method in Phonology
1st Edition
By Tadeusz Batóg
April 20, 2020
First published in 1967. The problems of theoretical phonology are among the most controversial in linguistics. This monograph is a step towards an adequate logical reconstruction of phonological theories and is mainly concerned with Z. S. Harris’ structuralist theory, one of the principal ...
The Lexical Phonology of Sekani
1st Edition
By Sharon Hargus
April 20, 2020
First published in 1988. This title explores the phonology of Sekani, a northern Athabaskan language, within the framework of Lexical Phonology. After providing an overview of the language of Sekani and the theory of Lexical Phonology, the author goes on to explore various issues in the application...
The Phonetics and Phonology of Korean Prosody: Intonational Phonology and Prosodic Structure
1st Edition
By Sun-Ah Jun
April 20, 2020
First published in 1996. This book examines the phonetics and phonology of Korean prosody. Based on phonetic experiments, it proposes intonationally marked prosodic constituents above the word which condition various connected speech phenomena. This title will be of interest to students of language...
The Phonology-Morphology Interface: Cycles, Levels and Words
1st Edition
By Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska
April 20, 2020
First published in 1989. The development of morphological and phonological theory within the broad framework of generative grammar poses a number of important questions concerning the mutual relationship of phonology and morphology. This study aims to answer these questions. On the basis of Polish ...
Theoretical Issues in Dakota Phonology and Morphology
1st Edition
By Patricia A. Shaw
April 20, 2020
First published in 1980. This study has two basic goals. The first is to provide an explicit and coherent analysis of a variety of phonological and morphological processes within the grammars of a number of different dialects of Dakota. The second is to investigate the relevance of certain aspects ...
Routledge Library Editions: Phonetics and Phonology
1st Edition
By Various
September 06, 2018
This set of 23 volumes, originally published between 1952 and 1996, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on the subject of phonetics and phonology, including studies on the axiomatic method, nonlinear phonology, and prosodic phonology. This collection of books from some of the leading ...