A broad range of competing theories, analytical strategies and notational systems are surveyed in a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of sound structure. Roger Lass sees phonology as essentially a problem-centred discipline.
Speech Sounds is an accessible and helpful guide to basic phonetic theory. It includes examples from a wide range of languages and provides dozens o exercises with solutions and full cross references.
The theoretical issues raised in The Sound Pattern of English continue to be critical to current phonology, and in many instances the solutions proposed by Chomsky and Halle have yet to be improved upon.
This text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language.