Fundamental Concepts in Phonology: Sameness and Difference

by Ken Lodge

This book is an investigation of the basic concepts of phonological theory. In particular it is concerned with the concepts of sameness and difference, each a sine qua non of classification. It is assumed that all academic disciplines operate with these two basic concepts when classification is involved.Since phonology is the area of linguistics that deals with the interface between the abstract system of native speaker knowledge and physical entities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748625658
• ISBN13: 9780748625659
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher