A strong phonological theory of reading is proposed and discussed. The first claim of this
article is that current debates on word recognition are often based on different axioms …

Phonological encoding in language production can be defined as a set of processes
generating utterance forms on the basis of semantic and syntactic information. Most …

In this book I have attempted to document the stage my work has reached since I first
became interested in discourse analysis in 1968. I was a first year student at the time, in …

This accessible textbook is the only introduction to linguistics in which each chapter is
written by an expert who teaches courses on that topic, ensuring balanced and uniformly …

This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the
central premises of OT and the results that follow from them. Examples are drawn from …

This dissertation, first published in 1980, is concerned with the role of the syllable in
generative grammar. Kahn argues that the syllable is a necessary element in phonological …

Written for students of linguistics, applied linguistics and speech therapy, this dictionary
covers over 2,000 terms in phonetics and phonology. In addition to providing a …

In the recent literature, reduplication has been claimed to cause two serious problems for
theories of morphology and phonology. First, as McCarthy (1979) points out, no one has …

This book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in
particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as …