The first full-scale discussion of English Phonology since Chomsky and Halle's The Sound Pattern of English, this is a thorough and engaging exploration of the major phonological phenomena of English, including stress, other prosodic phenomena and segmental alternations and their interaction, with emphasis on description in terms of ordered rules.

A thorough rule-based exploration of the major phonological phenomena of English, applying lexical, metrical, and prosodic approaches.