Phonology in the Twentieth Century: Theories of Rules and Theories of Representations

The central theme is the balance between notions of "rule" and "representation" as the primary object of study in linguistic approaches to sound structure. Stephen R. Anderson traces these concepts - which play major roles in current phonological theory - from the beginnings of scientific linguistics in this century (in the work of Ferdinand de Saussure, Mikolai Kruszewski, Franz Boas, and others) through the present day. The result is a general history of the development of modern phonology.

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