Intended for the absolute beginner, Introducing Phonetics and Phonology requires no previous background in linguistics, phonetics or phonology.
Starting with a grounding in phonetics and phonological theory, the book provides a base from which more advanced treatments may be approached. It begins with an examination of the foundations of articulatory and acoustic phonetics, moves on to the basic principles of phonology and ends with an outline of some further issues within contemporary phonology. Varieties of English, particularly Received Pronunciation and General American, are often used for exemplification, but aspects of the phonetics and phonology of other languages are discussed as well.
This new edition includes revised exercises and examples, a new chapter on the distinction between phonetics and phonology and a discussion of differing but complementary roles of phonetics and phonology, and material on current approaches to phonology, including Optimality Theory, Radical CV Phonology and Government Phonology. Introducing Phonetics and Phonology, 5th Edition, remains the essential introduction for any students studying this topic for the first time.
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Fifth Edition
The International Phonetic Alphabet
Part I – Phonetics
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Phonetics and phonology
1.2 The generative enterprise
Further reading
Chapter 2. Introduction to articulatory phonetics
2.1 Overview
2.2 Speech sound classification
2.3 Suprasegmental structure
2.4 Consonants versus vowels
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 3. Consonants
3.1 Stops
3.2 Affricates
3.3 Fricatives
3.4 Nasals
3.5 Liquids
3.6 Glides
3.7 An inventory of English consonants
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 4. Vowels
4.1 Vowel classification
4.2 The vowel space and Cardinal Vowels
4.3 Further classifications
4.4 The vowels of English
4.5 Some vowel systems of English
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 5. Acoustic phonetics
5.1 Fundamentals
5.2 Speech sounds
5.3 Cross-linguistic values
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 6. Above the segment
6.1 The syllable
6.2 Stress
6.3 Tone and intonation
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 7. Features
7.1 Segmental composition
7.2 Phonetic versus phonological features
7.3 Charting the features
7.4 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
Intermezzo - Distinguishing between phonetics and phonology
Positional restrictions
Phonotactic restrictions
Phonetic reality and native speaker intuitions
Alternations and conditioning factors
Phonology and Theories
Concrete vs. abstract
Further reading
Part II – Phonology
Chapter 8. Phonemic analysis
8.1 Sounds that are the same but different
8.2 Finding phonemes and allophones
8.3 Linking levels: rules
8.4 Choosing the underlying form
8.5 Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 9. Phonological alternations, processes and rules
9.1 Alternations versus processes versus rules
9.2 Alternation types
9.3 Representing phonological generalisations: rules and constraints
9.4 Overview of phonological operations
9.5 Summary
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 10. Phonological structure
10.1 The need for richer phonological representation
10.2 Segment internal structure: feature geometry, underspecification and unary features
10.3 Autosegmental phonology
10.4 Suprasegmental structure
10.5 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 11. Derivational analysis
11.1 The aims of analysis
11.2 A derivational analysis of English noun plural formation
11.3 Extrinsic versus intrinsic rule ordering
11.4 Evaluating competing analyses: evidence, economy and plausibility
11.5 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 12. Constraint-based analysis
12.1 Introduction to Optimality Theory
12.2 The aims of analysis
12.3 Modelling phonological processes in OT
12.4 English noun plural formation: an OT account
12.5 Competing analyses
12.6 Conclusion
Further reading
Exercises
Chapter 13. Constraining the model
13.1 Constraining derivational phonology: abstractness
13.2 Constraining the power of the phonological component
13.3 Constraining the power of OT
13.4 Other approaches to phonology
13.5 Conclusion
Further reading
Glossary
References
Subject Index
Varieties of English Index
Language Index
Biography
S.J. Hannahs is a former Reader in Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK, with particular interests in phonology, morphology, Celtic, Romance and Germanic linguistics.
Mike Davenport is the former Director at Durham University English Language Centre, UK
