Foundations of Theoretical Phonology (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 20)
ISBN-13:
9780521103848
ISBN-10:
0521103843
Edition:
1
Author:
James Foley
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
168 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780521103848
ISBN-10:
0521103843
Edition:
1
Author:
James Foley
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Paperback
168 pages
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Foundations of Theoretical Phonology (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 20) (ISBN-13: 9780521103848 and ISBN-10: 0521103843), written by authors
James Foley, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2008.
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The 'standard theory' of Chomsky and Halle has dominated phonology in recent years. It has been subject to modification and to criticism but not of a really fundamental kind. Dr Foley does here offer a fundamental criticism and a genuine theoretical alternative. He argues that transformational phonology, like previous phonological systems, is primarily concerned with the description of superficial sound changes and not with the underlying processes and rules; it is perhaps more accurately termed 'transformational phonetics' for that reason. A theoretical phonology, he argues, will consist of a system of phonological elements, a set of universal rules relating these elements and a set of principles governing the operation of the phonological rules. The basic phonological elements are therefore defined not by physical acoustic or articulatory parameters, but by their participation in rules. Such a theory is developed here and illustrated in the analysis of various phonological problems. It is shown that many apparently diverse phenomena can thus be connected and explained and so be subject to genuinely scientific enquiry.
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