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The central theme of this collection is the epistemological status of constraints and preferences in linguistics. The contributions focus mainly on phonology, one article deals explicitly with morphology. The approaches to phonology represented in the volume are those of Natural Phonology, Government Phonology, Optimality Theory, autosegemental phonology, and computational phonology. Constraints are juxtaposed either to rules or to preferences...

The present monograph introduces a model of Beats-and-Binding phonology (B&B, phonology), embedded in the epistemological framework of Natural Linguistics. B&B, phonology operates with units called beats (B's) and relations called bindings. The syllable is epiphenomenal in the B&B, approach to phonology and thus at most is a consequence of the operation of the B&B, preferences. Universal phonotactic preferences follow directly from the binding...

The choice of a pronunciation model for the 21st century learner has become a major issue of debate among applied linguists concerned with teaching English. The standard pronunciation models - Received Pronunciation and General American - have recently been confronted with a new proposal of a Lingua Franca Core (LFC) or English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), put forward as a didactic priority in teaching English pronunciation to foreigners. This vo...