Rewriting rules, derivations and underlying representations is an enduring characteristic of generative phonology. In this book, John Coleman argues that this is unnecessary. The expressive resources of context-free Unification grammars are sufficient to characterize phonological structures and alte...

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Main Author:	Coleman, John (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Series:	Cambridge studies in linguistics 85
Subjects:	Grammatik Grammar, Comparative and general / Phonology Japanisch Phonologie Englisch Unifikationsgrammatik Hochschulschrift
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Rewriting rules, derivations and underlying representations is an enduring characteristic of generative phonology. In this book, John Coleman argues that this is unnecessary. The expressive resources of context-free Unification grammars are sufficient to characterize phonological structures and alternations. According to this view, all phonological forms and constraints are partial descriptions of surface representations. This framework, now called Declarative Phonology, is based on a detailed examination of the formalisms of feature-theory, syllable theory and the leading varieties of nonlinear phonology. Dr Coleman illustrates this with two extensive analyses of the phonological structure of words in English and Japanese. As Declarative Phonology is surface-based and highly restrictive, it is consistent with cognitive psychology and amenable to straightforward computational implementation
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages)
ISBN:	9780511519758
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511519758