Author | : John Tillotson Jensen |
File Size | : 53,6 Mb |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 30 May 1993 |
ISBN | : 9789027236005 |
Pages | : 262 pages |
English Phonology by John Tillotson Jensen Book PDF Summary
This is a general discussion of the phonology of English within the frameworks of lexical, metrical, and prosodic phonology. It not only presents a synthesis of current approaches but also reconciles their discrepancies and presents critical commentary. There is a discussion of current theories, segment and syllable structure, stress, and prosodic categories and their role in determining the application of segmental rules. Two chapters discuss lexical phonology as divided into a cyclic and a postcyclic stratum, while the final chapter discusses postlexical phonology and some other approaches. The book includes exercises and can be used as an undergraduate or graduate textbook; at the same time, it is a valuable research tool for phonologists.