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The Routledge Handbook of Portuguese Phonology provides an up-to-date description of the Portuguese phonological system, including a thorough account of the fundamental concepts, data, and previous explanations, as well as the status quaestionis, directions for future research, and further reading.
Divided into five parts with contributions from leading international scholars and rising stars, the book's 23 chapters provide a thorough account of the Portuguese sound system and a range of perspectives on Portuguese phonology. This is the most comprehensive volume on Portuguese phonology written in English, and it delves into the most pressing issues and challenges regarding a wide variety of topics, such as segmental and suprasegmental phenomena; aspects concerning the interfaces between phonology and other linguistic domains; and issues on synchronic variation, diachronic change, acquisition, and the teaching of Portuguese speech prosody to non-native learners.
This in-depth resource will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students of Portuguese language and linguistics, as well as those interested in phonology and linguistics more broadly.
List of contents
Introduction
PART I. Portuguese Segmental Phonology
1 The phonemes of Portuguese
2 The phonology of Portuguese oral vowels
3 The phonology of Portuguese nasal vowels
4 The phonology of Portuguese onset consonants
5 The phonology of Portuguese coda consonants
PART II. Portuguese Suprasegmental Phonology
6 Current issues in Portuguese syllable structure
7 Current issues in Portuguese main and secondary stress
8 Current issues in Brazilian Portuguese intonation
9 Current issues in European Portuguese intonation
PART III. Portuguese Sound Variation and Change
10 Sound variation in Brazilian Portuguese
11 Sound variation in European Portuguese
12 Sound variation in Portuguese-speaking Africa
13 Sound variation in Portuguese-speaking Asia: East Timor and Japan
14 Sound change in the history of Portuguese
15 On the historical source of mid root vowel alternations in the present indicative of Portuguese and Galician second- and third-conjugation verbs
PART IV. Portuguese Phonological Acquisition and Teaching
16 Phonological acquisition of Portuguese as a first language
17 Phonological acquisition of Portuguese as a second and a third language
18 Phonological acquisition of Portuguese as a heritage language
19 Teaching speech prosody to non-native learners of Portuguese
PART V. Portuguese Phonology and Related Areas
20 Current issues in Portuguese laboratory phonology
21 Current issues in the Portuguese phonology-morphology interface
22 Current issues in the Portuguese phonology-syntax interface
23 Current issues in Portuguese phonology and orthography
About the author
André Zampaulo is a Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Summary
The Routledge Handbook of Portuguese Phonology provides an up-to-date description of the Portuguese phonological system, including a thorough account of the fundamental concepts, data, previous explanations, as well as the status quaestionis and directions for future research and further reading.
