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The Cambridge Handbook of Phonology (CHP) contains 25 articles on research in phonological theory - the study of the mental representation and computation of speech sounds.

 

This website provides additional materials and services: 

• search the book
• extra material
• search the bibliography/references
• online phonological resources
• find out more about the book and its authors

 

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Visit the Typological Database System Project: Search a variety of phonological databases and enter IPA characters!


To hear an interview with René Kager about metrical phonology and related issues, click here (the interview is in the right-hand column).

 

The Handbook was published on February 28, 2007. Currently a hardcover version is for sale; a soft cover version and e-book are being planned.

 

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Extra material

Supplementary material is available for many chapters, including extra text, reading lists, and problem sets. 
ch.1 - Themes in phonologych.2 - The pursuit of theorych.3 - Functionalism in phonologych.4 - Markedness in phonologych.5 - Derivations and levels of representationch.6 - Representationch.7 - Contrastch.8 - The syllablech.9 - Feet and metrical stressch.10 - Tonech.11 - Intonationch.12 - The interaction of tone, sonority, and prosodic structurech.13 - Segmental featuresch.14 - Local assimilation and constraint interactionch.15 - Harmonych.16 - Dissimilation in grammar and the lexiconch.17 - The phonetics-phonology interfacech.18 - The syntax-phonology interfacech.19 - Morpheme positionch.20 - Reduplicationch.21 - Diachronic phonologych.22 - Variation and optionalitych.23 - Acquiring phonologych.24 - Learnabilitych.25 - Phonological impairment in children and adults

 

For general phonological online resources, see the Resources page.