Robert Kennedy (Santa Barbara University of California)

Phonology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This accessible textbook provides a comprehensive overview of phonology, and is essential reading for students of linguistics. It contains many exercises that describe how to discover sound patterns in complex linguistic data, beginning with concrete introductory examples and progressing through a series of more complex phonological phenomena.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9781107624948
• ISBN-10: 1107624940
• Artikelnr.: 44270742

Autorenporträt

Robert Kennedy has taught phonology, phonetics, linguistic analysis, and dialects of English for over fifteen years. As a specialist in reduplicative phonology and morphology, accent portrayal, nickname formation, and the linguistics of team sports, he has published in Phonology, American Speech, and Linguistic Inquiry. He is also a widely sought media presence, cited in the Boston Globe, New York Times, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and on BBC Sporthour. A prolific internet humourist (through his page, lolPhonology), he is always interested in new ways to make linguistics engaging and accessible to a broad audience.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Alternation
3. Alternation with zero
4. Other kinds of alternation
5. Phonemic analysis
6. Natural classes and distinctive features
7. Rule ordering, opacity, and abstractness
8. Syllables
9. Tone
10. Stress
11. Prosodic morphology
12. Advanced theories.