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Introducing Phonology
David Odden
Book DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511808869
Online ISBN: 9780511808869
Hardback ISBN: 9780521826693
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Cambridge Books Online
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/
Introducing Phonology
David Odden
Book DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511808869
Online ISBN: 9780511808869
Hardback ISBN: 9780521826693
Paperback ISBN: 9780521534048
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Chapter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511808869.001
Cambridge University Press
This is an introductory textbook on phonologi-
cal analysis, and does not assume any prior expo-
sure to phonological concepts. The core of the
book is intended to be used in a first course in
phonology, and the chapters which focus specif-
ically on analysis can easily be covered during a
ten-week quarter. Insofar as it is a textbook in
phonology, it is not a textbook in phonetics
(though it does include the minimum coverage
of phonetics required to do basic phonology),
and if used in a combined phonetics and phonol-
ogy course, a supplement to cover more details
of acoustics, anatomy and articulation should be
sought: Ladefoged 2001a would be an appropri-
ate phonetics companion in such a course.
The main emphasis of this book is developing
the foundational skills needed to analyze
phonological data, especially systems of phono-
logical alternations. For this reason, there is sig-
nificantly less emphasis on presenting the vari-
ous theoretical positions which phonologists
have taken over the years. Theory cannot be
entirely avoided, indeed it is impossible to state
generalizations about a particular language
without a theory which gives you a basis for
postulating general rules. The very question of
what the raw data are must be interpreted in
the context of a theory, thus analysis needs the-
ory. Equally, theories are formal models which
impose structure on data – theories are theories
about data – so theories need data, hence analy-
sis. The theoretical issues that are discussed
herein are chosen because they represent issues
which have come up many times in phonology,
because they are fundamental issues, and espe-
cially because they allow exploration of the
deeper philosophical issues involved in theory
construction and testing.
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