This is the first complete introduction to the current generative theoretical phonology, presenting a general introduction to the two theories of phonological representation that lie at the center of current research.

John A.Goldsmith is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Autosegmental Phonology(1979),editor (with G.N.Clements) of Autosegmental Studies in Bantu Tone (1984) and editor and translator of Essays on Syntax and Semantics (1990) by Nicolas Ruwet.