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Clear and concise, this textbook is an introduction to phonology for students which

assumes no prior knowledge of this area of linguistics and provides an overall view

of the ﬁeld which can be covered within one year. The book does not conﬁne itself

to any speciﬁc theoretical approach and can therefore be used for study within any

framework and also to prepare students for work in more specialised frameworks

such as Optimality Theory, Government, Dependency and Declarative Phonology.

Each chapter focuses on a particular set of theoretical issues including segments,

syllables, feet and phonological processing. Gussmann explores these areas using

data drawn from a variety of languages including English, Icelandic, Russian,

Irish, Finnish, Turkish and others. Suggestions for further reading and summaries

at the end of each chapter enable students to ﬁnd their way to more advanced

phonological work.

EDMUND GUSSMANN is Professor of General Linguistics at the University of

Gda nsk, Poland. His books include Introduction to Phonological Analysis (1980),

Studies in Abstract Phonology (1980), Phono-Morphology (ed., 1985), Licensing

in Syntax and Phonology (ed., 1995) and (with A. Doyle) Reverse Dictionary of

Modern Irish (1996).

Phonology

Analysis and Theory

EDMUND GUSSMANN

University of Gda nsk