Chomsky Noam, Halle Morris. The Sound Pattern of English

Harper & Row, 1968. — 485 p.General survey
Setting
Grammar
Linguistic Universals
Phonetic Representations
Components of a Grammar
Surface Structures
Lexical and Phonological Representations
On the Abstractness of Lexical Representations
Analysis into WordsA sketch of english phonology and phonological theory
The Principle of the Transformational Cycle and Its Application to English Stress Contours
On the Reality of Phonetic Representation
The Transformational Cycle Within the Word
The Segmental Phonology of English-a First Approximation
More on the Transformational Cycle Within the Word
icular and Universal Grammar
On the Abstractness of Lexical Representation
Vowel Alternations
English Phonology
The transformational cycle in english phonology
Introductory Remarks
The Rules of the Phonological Component
Notational Conventions
Distinctive Features
Boundary Features
Segmental Features
Stress Placement in Verbs-a First Approximation
Stress Placement in Nouns-a First Approximation
Alternating Stress Rule
Stress Placement in Adjectives
Derivational Affixes
Summary of Stress Placement Rules
Nuclear Stress
Compounds
Complex Verbs
Nouns Derived from Verbs
Revised Version of the Main Stress Rule
Complex Nouns and Adjectives
Vowel Reduction
Further Investigation of Derivational Affixes
Stress as a Lexical Category
Word-Level Phonology
Introductory Remarks
Phonological and Phonetic Representation
Lexical Redundancy Rules
Treatment of Exceptions
The Features
Vowel Alternations
Alternations of Nonback Vowels
Alternations of Back Vowels
The Vowel Shift Rule
Refinements and Extensions of the Vowel Shift Rule
Rounding and Backness Adjustments
Rounding and Stress
Final Weak-Stressed [o]
The Diphthong [5y]
Prevocalic y-Glides
Vowel Shift for Lax Vowels
Further Remarks on Diphthongization
Further Remarks on Phonetically Low Vowels
Rounding Adjustment
Further Consequences of the Vowel Shift Rule
The Consonant System of English
Summary of rules
Readjustment Rules
Phonological Rules
History
The evolution of the modern english vowel system
Introductory Remarks
On Linguistic Change
General Comments on the Early History of Modern English
Concerning Exchange Rules
John Hart (1551-1579)
The Evidence
Hart's Pattern
John Wallis (1653-1699)
The Evidence
Wallis' Pattern
Christopher Cooper (1687)
The Evidence
Cooper's Pattern
T. Batchelor (1809)
The Evidence
Batchelor's Pattern
Phonological theory
The phonetic framework
Phonetic Representation
Phonetic Transcription and the Speech Signal
Phonetic-and Phonological Representation
The Phonetic Features
The Neutral Position
Vocal Cord Vibration-Spontaneous and Otherwise
Major Class Features
Sonorant-Nonsonorant (Obstruent)
Vocalic-Nonvocalic
Consonantal-Nonconsonantal
Cavity Features
Primary Strictures
Coronal-Noncoronal
Anterior-Nonanterior
Features Relating to the Body of the Tongue: High-Nonhigh, Low-Nonlow, Back-Nonback
On the Relationship Between the Features "Diffuseness," " Compactness," and " Gravity" and the Features of the Preceding Sections
Degrees of Narrowing in the Vocal Tract
Rounded-Nonrounded
Distributed-N ondistributed
Covered-Noncovered
Glottal Constrictions
Secondary Apertures
Nasal-Nonnasal
Lateral-Nonlateral
Manner of Articulation Features
Continuant-Noncontinuant (Stop)
Release Features: Instantaneous Release-Delayed Release
Release of Primary Closures
Release of Secondary Closures
Comments on the Release Features
Supplementary Movements
Suction
Pressure
Order of Releases in Sounds with Multiple Closures
Tense-Nontense (Lax)
Source Features
Heightened Subglottal Pressure
Voiced-Nonvoiced (Voiceless)
Strident-Nonstrident
Prosodic Features
Principles of phonology
On the Evaluation Procedure and the Form of Phonological Rules
Segments as Feature Complexes
The Ordering of the Rules
Variables as Feature Coefficients
Metathesis, Contraction, and Elision
Boundaries
Formative Boundary: +
The Boundary # and the Notion "Word"
The Boundary =
Boundaries as Units
Readjustment Rules
Diacritic Features
Lexical Representation
Appendix: Formalism
Epilogue and Prologue: the intrinsic content of features
Some Unresolved Problems
A theory of " Markedness"
The Marking Conventions
Conventions for the Major Categories
Conventions for Vowels and the Representation of Vowels in the Lexicon
Conventions for True Consonants and the Representation of Consonants in the Lexicon
Conventions for Liquids
Conventions for Glides
Markedness and Lexical Representation
Markedness and Phonological Rules: Linking
Bibliography
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