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It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.It can be snug in a tent when it rains, but what happens when the rain just won't stop pouring down?Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732096135511,"sku":"9780008504205","price":8.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008504205.jpg?v=1719995146"},{"product_id":"show-time-9780008504380","title":"Show Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.Children prepare for their school talent show in this non-fiction book, written by Suzy Senior.Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732096201047,"sku":"9780008504380","price":8.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008504380.jpg?v=1719995148"},{"product_id":"the-texture-of-the-lexicon-9780198827917","title":"The Texture of the Lexicon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, Ray Jackendoff and Jenny Audring embark on a major reconceptualization of linguistic theory as seen through the lens of morphology. Their approach, Relational Morphology, extends the Parallel Architecture developed by Jackendoff in Foundations of Language (2002), Simpler Syntax (2005), and Meaning and the Lexicon (2010). The framework integrates morphology into the overall architecture of language, enabling it to interact insightfully with phonology, syntax, semantics, and above all, the lexicon. The first part of the book situates morphology in the language faculty, and introduces a novel formalism that unifies the treatment of all morphological patterns, inflectional or derivational, systematic or marginal. Central to the theory is the lexicon, which both incorporates the rules of grammar and explicitly encodes relationships among words and among grammatical patterns. Part II puts the theory to the test, applying it to a wide range of familiar and less familiar morpho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Texture of the Lexicon is a reader-friendly introduction to the framework of Relational Morphology that complements the Parallel Architecture approach. I believe that readers interested in morphology at large will find something interesting in this read. * David M. Karaj, Linguist *\u003cbr\u003eReview from previous edition This is the best linguistics book of 2020: A comprehensive view of morphological patterns that does not struggle with, but comfortably explains, the frequently observed continuity between regular grammatical patterns and memorized\/idiosyncratic forms. * Martin Haspelmath *\u003cbr\u003eThrough extending Jackendoff's Parallel Architecture by a sophisticated system of co-indexing, the authors develop a surprising perspective on language as a whole. They overcome the separation of grammar and lexicon, the contrast of regular and idiosyncratic items, of productive and unproductive patterns, of core and periphery. Relational Morphology brings with it a new and exciting picture of language as an integrated mental capacity. * Manfred Bierwisch, Humboldt University of Berlin *\u003cbr\u003eJackendoff and Audring unravel the illusory divide between the lexicon and grammar to weave together, with enduring insights, a vast range of semi-regular and fully engaging phenomena. * Adele Goldberg, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003eJackendoff and Audring combine the models of Parallel Architecture and Construction Morphology to propose an innovative perspective on the lexicon, morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, and their interaction, centered around their simple, but far-reaching, Relational Hypothesis: all types of linguistic relatedness can be coded as static relational schemas over fully listed items, but a subset of those schemas also serve as productive, generative devices. The authors' wide-ranging exploration lays down the gauntlet for competing models. * Andrew Spencer, University of Essex *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a lovely book that elaborates the elegant and simple functional linguistic perspective of Jackendoff's (2002) \"Parallel Architecture\" research program into a detailed attempt to explain what lexical items are. The answer that Jackendoff and Audring arrive at is surprising: there is no principled distinction between grammar and lexicon, contrary to what has standardly been assumed. 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References Index of words and schemas Index of authors and subjects","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732800024919,"sku":"9780198827917","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"language-acquisition-and-development-a-generative-introduction-the-mit-press-9780262043588","title":"Language Acquisition and Development A Generative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn introduction to the study of children's language development that provides a uniquely accessible perspective on generative\/universal grammar-based approaches.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow children acquire language so quickly, easily, and uniformly is one of the great mysteries of the human experience. The theory of Universal Grammar suggests that one reason for the relative ease of early language acquisition is that children are born with a predisposition to create a grammar. 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Although Burmese, Chinese, and Tibetan have long been regarded as related, the systematic exploration of their shared history has never before been attempted. Tracing the history of these three languages using just such sound laws, this book sheds light on the prehistoric language from which they descend. Written for readers with little linguistic knowledge of these languages, but fully explicit and copiously indexed for the specialist, this work will serve as the bedrock for future progress in the study of these languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The depth and breadth of Hill's knowledge are impressive. The clarity of his explanations, the comprehensiveness of his data, the rigor of his methodological application, and the explicit exposition of his assumptions and conclusions make the book an invaluable addition to the field, both for experts and outsiders.' 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Less traditional sources of data for reconstructing Old Chinese; 2. Simplex initials of Old Chinese: 2.1. Internal reconstruction of Middle Chinese initials; 2.2. Expanding the Old Chinese initials using xiéshēng evidence; 3. Old Chinese pre-initials: 3.1. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using xiéshēng evidence; 3.2. Reconstructing tight pre-initials on the basis of morphological speculation; 3.3. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using proto-Mĭn; 3.4. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using loans into Vietic; 3.5. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using loans into Hmong-Mien; 3.6. Reconstructing tight pre-initials using loans into Tai-Kadai; 3.7. Reconstructing loose pre-initials; 3.8. Reconstructing loose pre-initials using proto-Mĭn; 3.9. Reconstructing loose pre-initials using xiéshēng evidence; 3.10. Reconstructing loose using loans into non-Sinitic languages; 3.11. Reconstructing loose pre-initials on the basis of morphological speculation; 4. Old Chinese medial; 5. 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The focus of this accessible new book is second language speech - that is, how speakers perceive, process, understand and pronounce the sounds of a second language. Each chapter includes review questions, and most chapters include ''tutorial'' and ''lab'' sections with practical exercises based on the University of Toronto Romance Phonetics Database (available online for free). The book also has a companion website, containing illustrated answers to the exercises, scripts for running acoustic analyses and useful weblinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A comprehensive book on L2 speech is long overdue and these authors exceed all expectations in terms of quality. This volume will forge a new generation of knowledgeable, well-trained scholars.' Barbara E. 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This will make the book extremely valuable as a restraining influence on the rasher tendencies of other scholars. \u003ci\u003eThe Celtic Inscriptions of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e is a major achievement in Celtic historical linguistics and will be an indispensible work of reference for many years to come.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntiquity\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"(\u003ci\u003eCeltic Inscriptions of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e) represents an invaluable contribution to its field.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCumbrian Medieval Celtic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Brittonic Phonology (1-98) 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Brittonic Chronology 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Irish Phonology (1-43) 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Irish Chronology 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Conclusion and List of Proposed Dates 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Bibliography 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Forms Discussed 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Other Forms Mentioned 439\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866709438807,"sku":"9781405109031","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405109031.jpg?v=1722279859"},{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-phonetics-and-phonology-9781405130837","title":"An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fully revised third edition integrates updated references, new findings, and modern theories, to present readers with the most thorough and complete introduction to phonetics and phonology. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExceptionally thorough, including detailed attention to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of phonological analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a number of valuable changes, incorporating new material on the latest findings in speech production studies; greater coverage of prosody, including a major section on autosegmental metrical models; expanded coverage of phonology, including Optimality Theory; and sections on L1 and L2 acquisition, and sociolectal variation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrates new findings, theories references throughout, offering students the most thorough and complete knowledge of the subject to date\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 125 figures throughout\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A key general-reference text, which assumes no prior knowledge. In this edition, emphasis is placed on acoustic phonetics and phonological analysis, and it incorporates new material on developments in speech production studies, prosody, optimality theory in phonology, L1 and L2 acquisition and sociolectal variation.” \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The third edition of \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome update to an introductory volume which for many years has informed and challenged students in equal measures, and will clearly continue to do so.”\u003cbr\u003e Ger\u003ci\u003ery Docherty, University of Newcastle upon Tyne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xvi\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cp\u003e2.10 Vocal tract place 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.11 Tongue position 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.12 Manner of articulation 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.13 Stricture 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.14 Force 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.15 Length 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.16 Voice onset 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Units of Speech 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Identifying the units of speech 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Complex articulations 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Nasalization 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Labialization 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Palatalization 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Velarization and pharyngealization 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Affrication 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Double articulation 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Vowel retroflexion 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Diphthongization 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 Syllabicity 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Segmentation and structure 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.13 Diphthongs and related phenomena 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.14 Interpretations 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Phonemic Organization of Speech 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Phonetic variability 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The phoneme 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Allophones 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Phonemic norms 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Pattern and symmetry 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Phonological reality 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Units and boundaries 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Invariance and overlap 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Biuniqueness and neutralization 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Morphophonemic alternations 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11 Free variation 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12 The sounds of the world’s languages 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Generative Approach to Phonology 126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The origins of generative phonology 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The sound pattern of English 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Basic rule notation in generative phonology 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Formalism and evaluation 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Abbreviatory devices in rule notation 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Rule order 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Functional considerations 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Naturalness and markedness 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Abstractness 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Conventions of anatomical description 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The nervous system 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 The respiratory system 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 The larynx 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Phonation 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 The pharynx 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 The velum and the nasal cavity 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 The oral cavity 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 The tongue 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 The lips 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.12 The mandible 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Acoustics of Speech Production 204\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 The nature of sound 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The propagation of sound 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Simple harmonic motion 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Complex vibrations 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Resonance 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Basic amplitude properties of sound waves 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Time domain properties of sound waves 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Frequency domain properties of sound waves 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Some basic perceptual properties of sound waves 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 The acoustic model of speech production 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 Phonation as a sound source 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Sources of frication 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.13 The vocal tract filter in vowel production 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.14 Spectrographic analysis of speech 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.15 Acoustic properties of vowel quality 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.16 The vocal tract filter in consonant production 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.17 The acoustic properties of consonants in syllables 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.18 The relationship between articulatory and acoustic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eproperties of speech production 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.19 Acoustic features of prosody 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Speech Perception 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The auditory system 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Psychophysical properties of the auditory system 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Speech intelligibility 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Acoustic-phonetic perception 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Vowel perception 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Consonant perception 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Units of perception 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Prosodic perception 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Word recognition 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.11 Models of speech perception 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.12 Conclusion 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Prosody 326\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 The phonetic basis of suprasegmentals 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 The systemic organization of prosody 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Tone languages 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Pitch-accent languages 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Stress in English 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Stress assignment 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Intonation in English 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Tones and break indices 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Feature Systems 372\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Acoustic features 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Articulatory features 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Perceptual features 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Distinctive features 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Cover features 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Abstract features 379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Accuracy and universality 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Universal feature systems 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.10 Features and discreteness 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.11 Hierarchical organization of features 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.12 Feature geometry 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.13 Overview 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Progress of Phonology 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Currents of theory 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Phonetics and phonology before the twentieth century 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 The phoneme 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 The traditions of phonetics 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Phonology in North America 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 The Prague School 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Glossematics and stratificational phonology 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 Firthian prosodic phonology 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Generative phonology 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 Natural generative phonology 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 Natural phonology 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.12 Autosegmental and CV phonology 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.13 Metrical phonology 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.14 Lexical phonology 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.15 Dependency phonology 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.16 Optimality theory 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.17 Prosodic phonology 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.18 Phonology in the laboratory 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.19 Conclusion 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercises 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix 1: Phonetic Symbols 435\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Vowel symbols 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Consonant symbols 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Diacritics and conventions for complex articulations 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Symbols used in transcription of English 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix 2: Features 442\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Jakobson and Halle’s distinctive features 442\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Chomsky and Halle’s universal set of phonetic features 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Ladefoged’s ‘Traditional Features’ 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Components in dependency phonology 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 474\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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