The Last Phonological Rule: Reflections on Constraints and Derivations (Studies in Contemporary Linguistics)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Over the past three decades, phonological theory has advanced in many areas, but it has changed little in its foundational assumptions about how computational processes can serve as a basis for the theory. This volume suggests that it may be worthwhile to reconsider some of those assumptions. Is there an order to the rules in a phonological derivation? What kinds of links other than derivations are possible between the level of mental representation and the level of speech sounds? Since phonological representations are so much more sophisticated today than they were a few decads ago, do we ...
ISBN(s)
0226301559, 9780226301556
