The Sound Pattern of English

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The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
linguistics book
phonology book
abbreviation SPE
academicDiscipline phonological theory
theoretical linguistics
author Morris Halle
Noam Chomsky
coAuthorRelationship Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle
countryOfPublication United States
describedAs classic in phonological theory
foundational work in generative phonology
field generative linguistics
phonology
transformational‑generative grammar
focusesOn English morphophonemic alternations
English segmental phonology
English stress system
hasConcept distinctive features
feature matrices
morphophonemics
phonological rules
phonotactics
rule ordering
stress assignment
surface representation
syllable structure
underlying representation
hasInfluenceOn formal models of phonology
generative grammar
modern phonological theory
influenced autosegmental phonology
feature geometry
lexical phonology
metrical phonology
nonlinear phonology
intendedAudience advanced students of linguistics
linguists
language English
publicationYear 1968
publisher Harper & Row
subjectMatter English phonology
generative phonology
phonological component of grammar
subtitle The Sound Pattern of English
theoreticalFramework rule‑based generative phonology
transformational‑generative linguistics
timePeriod 20th‑century linguistics


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