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The five introductory texts in linguistics are intended to give a comprehensive overview of the main areas of linguistics—historically, methodologically, and theoretically—for use in linguistic pedagogy. Each volume covers a specific area of linguistic science—from the study of sound systems to the use of language in social and communicative contexts. They can be used individually or as a set for courses in linguistics or as a background referential source of ideas and research in the five areas that scholars can utilize. They are all written in an accessible style, so that they can be easily adopted in any type of introductory course.

Introduction to Phonology is issue no. 1 of the “Introductory Texts in Linguistics“ series. Each text of this series expounds and illustrates both traditional and contemporary approaches to the study of language. The titles of the five individual volumes are: Introduction to Phonology (Volume 1), Introduction to Morphology (Volume 2), Introduction to Syntax (Volume 3), Introduction to Semantics (Volume 4), and Introduction to Pragmatics (Volume 5).

About the author

Prof. Marcel Danesi (University of Toronto) is known for his work in semiotics and youth culture. He has published as well on the meanings of popular culture and how they inform social evolution. He has also written textbooks introducing linguistics and semiotics, and published a series of books on advertising as a sign system.

Preface

1. Phonology

Introduction

Background

Phonological Analysis

Sound Change

Dialect Phonology

Concluding Remarks

2. Phonetics

Introduction

Articulatory Features

Vowels

Consonants

Syllables

Prosody

Acoustic Phonetics

Concluding Remarks

3. Phonemics

Introduction

The Phoneme

Opposition

Theory

Allophones

Morphonology

Distinctive Feature Analysis

Concluding Remarks

4. Dialect Phonology

Introduction Dialectology

The Diaphoneme

Dialect Atlases

Diglossia Sociolects

Concluding Remarks

5. Historical Phonology

 Introduction

Comparative Analysis

Sound Change

Glottochronology

Sound Symbolism

Concluding Remarks 

6. Graphemics

Introduction

The Grapheme

Alphabets

The Alphabet Principle

Spelling

Concluding Remarks

7. Applications and Extensions

Introduction

Principle of Least Effort

Borrowing

Foreign Language Teaching

Phonological Processing

Slips of the Tongue

Concluding Remarks

Glossary

References

Index