Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface vii
3. Table of contents ix
4. General Introduction 1
5. PART ONE: THE SOUND PATTERN OF ENGLISH REVIEWED
6. Introduction 19
7. 1 The New Phonological Paradigm 21
8. 2 Review of The Sound Pattern of English 63
9. 3 Review of The Sound Pattern of English 83
10. 4 Review of The Sound Pattern of English 145
11. PART TWO: THE STRESS SYSTEM OF ENGLISH
12. Introduction 201
13. 5 Some Problems in the Description of English Accentuation 205
14. 6 English Word Stress and Phrase Stress 219
15. 7 Noncyclic English Word Stress 249
16. 8 Stress Rules in English: A New Version 261
17. 9 English Word Stress: An Examination of Some Basic Assumptions 277
18. PART THREE: THE VOWEL SYSTEM OF ENGLISH
19. Introduction 327
20. 10 Problems in the Interpretation of the Great English Vowel Shift 331
21. 11 On the Validity of the Chomsky-Halle Analysis of the Historical English Vowel Shift 355
22. 12 Some Theoretical Implications of the Great Vowel Shift 369
23. 13 Vowel Features, Paired Variables, and the English Vowel Shift 377
24. 14 Underlying Vowels in Modern English 395
25. 15 Review of The Sound Pattern of English 413
26. PART FOUR: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PHONOLOGY
27. Introduction 435
28. 16 On the Need for a Phonological Base 439
29. 17 How Intrinsic is Content? Markedness, Sound Change, and 'Family Universals' 475
30. 18 On Some Fundamental Concepts of Phonology 505
31. INDEXES
32. Language index 539
33. Word index 543
34. Affix index 575
35. Subject index 577