Understanding Phonology (Understanding Language)

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Understanding Phonology Fourth Edition 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. This new edition has been reorganized and revised with key features including: A brand new eResource at www.routledge.com/9781138961425 which contains a full answer key for all exercises and audio recordings of illustrative examples; Illustrations in languages from all six continents and all major language families including Arabic Mandarin Finnish Zulu and Hawaiian; Over 140 exercises to test understanding including new exercises involving larger data sets; Revised coverage of tone stress and opacity in OT. Understanding Phonology is essential reading for students coming to this topic for the first time.