The Routledge Handbook of Phonological Theory | Linguistics

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The Routledge Handbook of Phonological Theory provides a comprehensive overview of the major contemporary approaches to phonology. Phonology is frequently defined as the systematic organisation of the sounds of human language. For some this includes aspects of both the surface phonetics together with systematic structural properties of the sound system; for others phonology is seen as distinct from and autonomous from phonetics. The Routledge Handbook of Phonological Theory surveys the differing ways in which phonology is viewed with a focus on current approaches to phonology. Divided into two parts this handbook:covers major conceptual frameworks within phonology including: rule-based phon…