English Phonology and Phonological Theory: Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

by Roger Lass

Dr Lass examines certain crucial issues in phonological and general linguistic theory through detailed studies of English phonetics, dialectology and language-history. He argues that contemporary 'standard' phonological theory is inhibited and misled by the related disadvantages of an artificially constrained formalism and a restricted database. He confronts theories of English phonology with a much wider range of material than is usual, drawing for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521113245
• ISBN13: 9780521113243
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"