Formal Phonology

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Autosegmental Representations 2. Rules 3. Duration 4. Synchronization 5. Structured Markov Models; Index of Definitions; Index of Authors

About the author

Andras Kornai is a mathematical linguist. Besides phonology, he studied the formal theory of syntax, particularly finite automata and X-bar theory, and formal semantics, with emphasis on lexical semantics. His new textbook, Semantics, is forthcoming with Springer, where his previous monograph, Mathematical Linguistics, was published in 2007. Kornai is a professor at the Department of Algebra, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and a member of Academia Europaea. His homepage is at www.kornai.com.

Summary

This work, first published in 1995, is primarily addressed to phonologists interested in speech and to speech engineers interested in phonology. Autosegmental theory is at the core of contemporary phonology and Markov models are the main tool of speech recognition.

Product details

• Authors: Kornai, Andra S Kornai, Andra� s Kornai, Andras Kornai, András Kornai
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138321144
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32114-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Phonetics and Phonology; Routledge Library Editions: Phonetics and Phonology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Phonetics, phonology