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Lexical Phonology and the History of English

April McMahon author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Dec '06

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This book aims to re-establish a rule-based phonology and rehabilitate historical evidence as a focus of phonological theory.

This book has two main goals: the re-establishment of a rule-based phonology as a viable alternative to current non-derivational models and the rehabilitation of historical evidence as a focus of phonological theory.This book has two main goals: the re-establishment of a rule-based phonology as a viable alternative to current non-derivational models and the rehabilitation of historical evidence as a focus of phonological theory. Although Lexical Phonology includes several constraints such as the Derived Environment Condition and Structure Preservation, intended to reduce abstractness, previous versions have not typically exploited these fully. The model of Lexical Phonology presented here imposes the Derived Environment Condition strictly; introduces a new constraint on the shape of underlying representations; excludes underspecification; and suggests an integration of Lexical Phonology with Articulatory Phonology.

ISBN: 9780521034487

Dimensions: 228mm x 151mm x 18mm

Weight: 482g

324 pages