1 Introduction I. l Scope of this book
1.2 From classical phonemics to generative phonology
1.3 Phonemes or features?
1.4 Levels of representation
1.5 Aspects of a standard generative analysis of Midi French
1.6 Phonology within the model of grammar 2 The theory of Distinctive Features
2. 1 Preliminaries
2.2 Some general assumptions
2.3 The phonetic features and their articulatory correlates
2.4 Universalism revisited
2.5 The acoustic/auditory basis of distinctive features
2.6 Invariance and distinctive features 3 Binarism, full and partial specification, markedness and gestures 3-4 Markedness Theory
3.5 Gestures 4 The derivational issue: aspects of the abstractness-concreteness debate abstractness-concreteness debate
4. I Preliminaries
4.2 Aspects of the segmental phonology of English
4.3 Objections to the Vowel Shift and Velar Softening
4.4 Natural Generative Phonology
4.5 In defence of the Vowel Shift 5 Underspecification Theory and Lexical Phonology
5. I Underspecification Theory
5.2 Lexical Phonology 6 Metrical structures
6. l The syllable
6.2 Stress and prominence 7 Autosegmental and Multidimensional Phonology 1 Preliminary remarks
7.2 Tones and the autosegmental framework
7.3 The skeleton 7 .4 Further geometrical extensions
7.5 Universal Phonology and the 'no rule' approach 8 An outline of Dependency Phonology
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Suprasegmental representations
8.3 Infrasegmental representations
8.4 Back unrounded vowels: epilogue and prologue