FOUNDATIONS OF THEORETICAL PHONOLOGY by James Foley ( 9780521103848 )

Item Details

Title:

FOUNDATIONS OF THEORETICAL PHONOLOGY

By:

James Foley

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£30.99

Our price:

£27.12

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£3.87

ISBN 10:

0521103843

ISBN 13:

9780521103848

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2008

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics No. 20

Pages:

168

Description:

Dr Foley here offers a fundamental criticism and a genuine theoretical alternative to the 'standard theory' of Chomsky and Halle.

Synopsis:

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.

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

BROBOT

CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS IGCSE 0607 EXTENDED (PB)

CHICKENSAURUS

COMPUTER GRAPHICS (HB)

DUNGZILLA

FOUNDATIONS OF THEORETICAL PHONOLOGY (HB)