Rules, Constraints, and Phonological Phenomena [Hardcover]

This volume of new work by prominent phonologists goes to the heart of current debates in phonological and linguistic theory: should the explanation of phonological variety be constraint or rule-based and, in the light of the resolution of this question, how in the mind does phonology interface with other components of the grammar. The book includes contributions from leading proponents of both sides of the argument and an extensive introduction setting out the history, nature, and more general linguistic implications of current phonological theory.


Bert Vaux is a University Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King's College. His books includeThe Phonology of Armenian(OUP 1998) andLinguistic Field Methods(Wipf & Stock 2006). He is the author of a substantial on-line survey of English dialects. Andrew Nevins is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Harvard University. His MIT dissertation,Conditions of (Dis)Harmonywas awarded a PhD in 2004. His published work includes articles and reviews inLinguistic InquiryandLanguage.