Fonología generativa contemporánea de la lengua española, in its extensively revised and updated second edition, shows how recent theoretical and methodological advances have enhanced our understanding of Spanish phonology.

This comprehensive book, written completely in Spanish, introduces the latest concepts and principles of phonological analysis and applies these theories to the study of the Spanish language. This new edition includes new chapters on intonation and laboratory phonology and greatly expands the coverage of optimality theory. Exercises and further readings at the end of each chapter, as well as the volume’s glossary of linguistic terminology, facilitate effective classroom use.

This book is an essential reference for scholars of Spanish linguistics and will be required reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Spanish. An answer key is available on the GU Press website for teachers only.

Rafael A. Núñez Cedeño is emeritus professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago. He has authored or coauthored several books and has published in anthologies, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, and linguistic journals. He is co-editor of PROBUS: International Journal of Latin and Romance Languages and is a board member of Signos Lingüísticos and Miríada Hispánica.

Sonia Colina is professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including Spanish Phonology.

Travis Bradley is associate professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis. He has published numerous articles and chapters in linguistic journals and monographs.

Introducción: La fonología Pilar Prieto

1. De la fonética descriptiva a los rasgos distintivosAlfonso Morales-Front

2. Fonología autosegmental Rafael A. Núñez Cedeño

3. Modelo autosegmental jerárquico Rafael Núñez Cedeño

4. Teoría de la subespecificación Rafael Núñez Cedeño

5. La silabificación en español José I. Hualde

6. La fonología léxica Pilar Prieto

7. El acento Alfonso Morales-Front

8. La entonación José I. Hualde

9. La teoría de la optimidad en la fonología del español Sonia Colina

10. Fonología de laboratorio Travis G. Bradley

BibliografíaColaboradoresGlosarioíndice de temas y lenguas