''Understanding Phonology'' is a textbook by

Carlos Gussenhoven Carlos Gussenhoven (born 19 July 1946, Amsterdam) is a professor of linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen. He specializes in phonetics and phonology Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematic ...

and Haike Jacobs designed for an introductory course in

phonology Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematically organize their sounds or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs. The term can also refer specifically to the sound or sign system of a ...

for students with no prior knowledge.

Reception

The book was reviewed by Alain Thériault, Elizabeth Hume, Jeff Mielke, Ken Lodge and David Deterding.

References

1998 non-fiction books Phonology books Linguistics textbooks Routledge books {{ling-book-stub