Metrical Phonology: A Coursebook

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Metrical Phonology: A Course Book
Author Richard M. Hogg, C. B. McCully
LanguageEnglish
Subject metrical phonology
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages279
ISBN 9780521316514

Metrical Phonology: A Course Book is a 1987 book by Richard M. Hogg and C. B. McCully in which the authors provide an introduction to a theory of metrical phonology.

Contents

Reception

The book was reviewed by Irene Vogel, Michael Jessen and Geert Booij. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Booij, Geert (1 January 1989). "Richard Hogg and C.B. McCully. Metrical phonology. A coursebook". Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language”. 13 (1): 221–226. doi:10.1075/sl.13.1.14boo.
  2. Vogel, Irene (March 1989). "Richard Hogg and C. B. McCully, Metrical phonology: a coursebookCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. vi + 279". Journal of Linguistics. 25 (1): 221–225. doi:10.1017/S0022226700012172. ISSN   1469-7742.
  3. Jessen, Michael (1 September 1988). "Metrical phonology: A coursebook: Richard Hogg and C.B. McCully, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1987". Lingua. 76 (1): 99–114. doi:10.1016/0024-3841(88)90020-4. ISSN   0024-3841.