Paul de Lacy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Symbols and abbreviations; 1. What is markedness?; 2. Theory; 3. Markedness reduction; 4. Preservation of the marked; 5. Conflation in reduction; 6. Markedness conflation in preservation; 7. Markedness conflict: vowels; 8. Prediction and alternatives; 9. Conclusions; References; Subject index; Language index.

Review of the hardback: 'In this extraordinarily detailed and empirically rich work, framed within Optimality Theory, de Lacy argues that substantive featural markedness is part of linguistic competence.' Phonology

Paul de Lacy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Symbols and abbreviations; 1. What is markedness?; 2. Theory; 3. Markedness reduction; 4. Preservation of the marked; 5. Conflation in reduction; 6. Markedness conflation in preservation; 7. Markedness conflict: vowels; 8. Prediction and alternatives; 9. Conclusions; References; Subject index; Language index.

Review of the hardback: 'In this extraordinarily detailed and empirically rich work, framed within Optimality Theory, de Lacy argues that substantive featural markedness is part of linguistic competence.' Phonology

Paul de Lacy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Symbols and abbreviations; 1. What is markedness?; 2. Theory; 3. Markedness reduction; 4. Preservation of the marked; 5. Conflation in reduction; 6. Markedness conflation in preservation; 7. Markedness conflict: vowels; 8. Prediction and alternatives; 9. Conclusions; References; Subject index; Language index.

Review of the hardback: 'In this extraordinarily detailed and empirically rich work, framed within Optimality Theory, de Lacy argues that substantive featural markedness is part of linguistic competence.' Phonology