Phonology (Paperback, 2 ed)

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Revision of Phonetics.- The Phonemic Principle.- Alternations.- Features, Classes and Systems.- Problems with the Phonemic Principle.- The Organisation of the Grammar.- Abstractness, Psychological Reality and the Phonetics/Phonology Relation .- The Role of the Lexicon.- Representations Reconsidered (i) Phonological Structure above the Level of the Segment.- Representations Reconsidered (ii) Autosegmental Phonology .- Phonological Weight.- Optimality Theory .- Issues in Optimality .- Feature Specifications for Consonants.- Sample Answers to Exercises.- References.- Subject Index.- Language Index.