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Introducing phonology / David Odden.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge introductions to language and linguisticsEdition: Second EditionDescription: xi, 338 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781107031449 (hardback)
  • 9781107627970 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 414 23
LOC classification:
  • P217 .O3 2013
Other classification:
  • LAN011000
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 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.
Summary: "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 that underpin it. This thoroughly revised and updated edition teaches students how to analyze phonological data, how to think critically about data, how to formulate rules and hypotheses, and how to test them. New to this edition: [bullet] Improved examples, over 60 exercises and 14 new problem sets from a wide variety of languages encourage students to practise their own analysis of phonological processes and patterns [bullet] A new and updated reference list of phonetic symbols and an updated transcription system, making data more accessible to students [bullet] Additional online material includes pedagogical suggestions and password-protected answer keys for instructors"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks Non-fiction P217 .O33 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C1 Available Z009289
Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks Non-fiction P217 .O33 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C2 Available Z009290

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-333) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 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.

"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 that underpin it. This thoroughly revised and updated edition teaches students how to analyze phonological data, how to think critically about data, how to formulate rules and hypotheses, and how to test them. New to this edition: [bullet] Improved examples, over 60 exercises and 14 new problem sets from a wide variety of languages encourage students to practise their own analysis of phonological processes and patterns [bullet] A new and updated reference list of phonetic symbols and an updated transcription system, making data more accessible to students [bullet] Additional online material includes pedagogical suggestions and password-protected answer keys for instructors"--

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