Understanding Phonology

<p><em>Understanding Phonology Fourth Edition</em> provides a clear accessible and broad introduction to Phonology. Introducing basic concepts it provides a comprehensive account of phonological issues such as segmental contrasts; syllables and moras; quantity tone intonation and stress; feature geometry; and prosodic constituent structure. </p><p>This new edition has been reorganized and revised with key features including: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>A brand new eResource at www.routledge.com/9781138961425 which contains a full answer key for all exercises and audio recordings of illustrative examples;</li> <p> </p> <li>Illustrations in languages from all six continents and all major language families including Arabic Mandarin Finnish Zulu and Hawaiian;</li> <p> </p> <li>Over 140 exercises to test understanding including new exercises involving larger data sets;</li> <p> </p> <li>Revised coverage of tone stress and opacity in OT.</li> </ul><p>Understanding Phonology is essential reading for students coming to this topic for the first time.</p>