Re: [tied] Re: /s/ to /x/ sound change

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 4868
Date: 2000-11-26

The following is a good introduction to descriptive phonetics, covering a wide variety of languages:
 
Ladefoged, Peter, and Ian Maddieson. 1996. The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell.
 
Modern phonology is a dauntingly abstract formal discipline, but if you're interested in a layman-friendly introduction to the most fashionable current theories, John Hutton, an English friend of mine (and a silent member of this list) maintains an excellent website where he tries to explain the hard stuff.
 
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/lane/xvv88/Home/jh01.htm
 
If you are interested in sound change and historical phonology, you can find the essentials in any good handbook of historical linguistics, e.g.
 
Anttila, Raimo. 1972. An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics. New York: Macmillan.
Hock, Hans Heinrich. 1986. Principles of Historical Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Lass, Roger. 1997. Historical Linguistics and Language Change. Cambridge: CUP.
Trask, R.L. 1996. Historical Linguistics. London: Arnold.
 
Any questions concerning general phonetics and phonology are welcome on the phoNet group:
 
http://www.egroups.com/group/phoNet
 
Piotr
 
 
 
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From: J. Klek
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Subject: [tied] Re: /s/ to /x/ sound change

Can you recommend something good to read as an introduction to
phonology? (printed or on the web)