Phonology of German

In this book, Richard Wiese provides the most complete and up-to-date description presently available of the phonology of German. Starting with a presentation of phonemes and their features, the author then describes in detail syllables, higher prosodic units, phonological conditions of word formation, patterns of redundancy for features, phonological rules, and rules of stress for words and phrases, giving particular emphasis to the interaction of morphology andphonology. He focuses on the present-day standard language, but includes occasional discussion of other variants and registers. The study is informed by recent models in phonological theory, and for phonologists and morphologists it provides both a rich source of material and a critical discussion of current problems and their solutions. It also serves as an introduction to the sound system of German for the non-specialist reader.

a readable and clear treatment of the subject, Discusses almost all aspects of Standard German phonology in a very accessible way ... very well structured ... The Phonology of German must be regarded not only as a valuable source for everybody who wants to be informed about the state of the art in German phonology, but also as the starting point for every investigation into almost any aspect of German phonology. This book deserves a place in the shelves of every 'Phoni' and every 'Morphi'.

Richard Wiese is Professor of Linguistics at Philipps-Universität Marburg. He is the editor of Recent Developments in Lexical Phonology (1994), and author of Silbische und Lexikalische Phonologie: Studien zum Chinesischen und Deutschen (1988) and Psycholinguistische Aspeke der Sprachproduktion: Sprechverhalten und Verbalisierungsprozesse (1983).