The 'standard theory' of Chomsky and Halle has dominated phonology
in recent years. It has been subject to modification and to
criticism but not of a really fundamental kind. Dr Foley does here
offer a fundamental criticism and a genuine theoretical
alternative. He argues that transformational phonology, like
previous phonological systems, is primarily concerned with the
description of superficial sound changes and not with the
underlying processes and rules; it is perhaps more accurately
termed 'transformational phonetics' for that reason. A theoretical
phonology, he argues, will consist of a system of phonological
elements, a set of universal rules relating these elements and a
set of principles governing the operation of the phonological
rules. The basic phonological elements are therefore defined not by
physical acoustic or articulatory parameters, but by their
participation in rules. Such a theory is developed here and
illustrated in the analysis of various phonological problems. It is
shown that many apparently diverse phenomena can thus be connected
and explained and so be subject to genuinely scientific enquiry.
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