内容简介
Sincethisclassicworkinphonologywaspublishedin1968,therehasbeennootherbookthatgivesasbroadaviewofthesubject,combininggenerallyapplicabletheoreticalcontributionswithanalysisofthedetailsofasinglelanguage.ThetheoreticalissuesraisedinTheSoundPatternofEnglishcontinuetobecriticaltocurrentphonology,andinmanyinstancesthesolutionsproposedbyChomskyandHallehaveyettobeimprovedupon.NoamChomskyandMorrisHalleareInstituteProfessorsofLinguisticsandPhilosophyatMIT.