Formal Phonology

Andras Kornai is a mathematical linguist. Besides phonology, he studied the formal theory of syntax, particularly finite automata and X-bar theory, and formal semantics, with emphasis on lexical semantics. His new textbook, Semantics, is forthcoming with Springer, where his previous monograph, Mathematical Linguistics, was published in 2007. Kornai is a professor at the Department of Algebra, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and a member of Academia Europaea. His homepage is at www.kornai.com.

• Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1. Autosegmental Representations 2. Rules 3. Duration 4. Synchronization 5. Structured Markov Models; Index of Definitions; Index of Authors