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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463010103321

Titolo

Essays on the sound pattern of English / / edited by Didier L. Goyvaerts, University of Antwerp, UIA and University of Brussels, VUB, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. University College London

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Publishing Co., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

90-272-7087-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (590 p.)

Collana

Studies in the Sciences of Language Series

Altri autori (Persone)

GoyvaertsD. L. <1946->

PullumGeoffrey K

Disciplina

421.5

Soggetti

English language - Phonology

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Ghent : E. Story-Scientia, 1975.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The sound pattern of English reviewed -- pt. 2. The stress system of English -- pt. 3. The vowel system of English -- pt. 4. Fundamental principles of phonology.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a collection of readings in phonological theory with special reference to English. The essays it contains are all concerned to a significant extent with discussion and criticism of the theory of phonology developed by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle in their monograph The Sound Pattern of English. The aim in compiling this collection has been to bring together new papers, and papers that were previously only available in informal duplicated form or in comparatively inaccessible publications. This collection is of value to anyone teaching or studying English or general linguis