Phonological Theory

This volume provides the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of the key readings in phonological theory. It is designed to complement the outstanding Handbook of Phonological Theory, this volume is ideal as a primary text for course use. It also represents an unparalleled work of reference for anyone interested in recent developments in linguistic theory.

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 John Goldsmith 1 From The Sound Pattern of English: Phonetic and Phonological Representation 17 Noam Chomsky and Morris Haile 2 On the Role of Notation in Generative Phonology 22 James D. McCawey 3 From Cyclic Phonology to Lexical Phonology 34 Paul Kparsky 4 The Cycle in Phonology: Stress in Palestinian, Maltese, and Spanish 63 Miccael K. Brame 5 On Phonotactically Motivated Rules 84 Alan F. Sommerstein 6 Harmonic Phonology 91 John Goldsmith 7 Generalized Alignment 102 John J. McCartny and Alan S. Prince 8 An Overview of Autosegmental Phonology 137 John Goldsmith 9 A Prosodic Theory of Nonconcatenative Morphology 162 John J. McCartny 10 From CV Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable 185 G. N. Clements and S. J. Keyser 11 The Geometry of Phonological Features        201 G. N. Clements 12 Inalterability in CV Phonology 224 Bruce Hayes 13 Prosodic Morphology (1986) 238 John J. McCartny and Alan S. Prince 14 On the Role of the Obligatory Contour Principle in Phonological Theory 289 David Odden 15 Phonology with Tiers 303 Alan S. Prince 16 Immediate Constituents of Mazateco Syllables 313 Kenneth L. Pike and Funice Victoria Pike 17 The Syllable 328 Elisabeth O. Selkirk 18 Compensatory Lengthening in Moraic Phonology 351 Bruce Hayes 19 Syllables 370 E. C. Fudge 20 On Stress and Linguistic Rhythm 392 Mark Liberman and Alan Prince 21 Relating to the Grid 405 Alan S. Prince 22 Extrametricality and English Stress 415 Bruce Hayes Index   426