The Phonology of English
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The Phonology of English offers a new approach to English phonology. It focuses on the prosody of the language, i.e. syllable and foot structure, and does so from an optimality-theoretic (OT) perspective. The book is thus intended as a detailed presentation of novel empirical results about the sound system of English, along with important theoretical results about phonological theory.Reviews
"This book offers a comprehensive account of English phonology based on distributional regularities as opposed to alternations. The book is remarkably systematic and thorough in its presentation of the patterning of the segmental sequences found in English syllables and of the patterns of English word stress. The book also offers interesting and intriguing analyses of these patterns couched within optimality theory, for which the author provides a clear introduction."--Stuart Davis, University of Illinois
"English Phonology examines the fascinating topic of distributional patterns in the phonology of English, a language with a well-studied and complex phonology, framed within Optimality Theory. It will find an audience ranging from the student to the active researcher, and will define research directions in theoretical phonology and English phonology for some time to come."--Keren Rice, University of Toronto
About the Author(s)
Michael Hammond is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona. He has also held the position of Assistant Professor at the Universities of Arizona, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Minnesota.
