Chris McCully is a Lecturer at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. His recent publications include Generative Theory and Corpus Studies (edited with Otéro, Denison and Hogg, 2000) and The Earliest English (with Sharon Hilles, 2005).

'This excellent introduction guides us lightly but firmly through the intricacies of English phonology. McCully is the master of metaphor; his refreshingly imaginative style makes learning about the sounds of English and their relation to contemporary phonological theory an exciting journey of discovery.' Donka Minkova, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Introduction; 2. Consonants (1): contrastiveness; 3. Consonants (2): classification; 4. Consonants (3): distribution; 5. Syllables (1): introduction; 6. Syllables (2): constituents; 7. Syllables (3): structure; 8. Vowels (1): short vowels; 9. Vowels (2): long vowels and diphthongs; 10. Vowels (3): variation; 11. Problems, theories and representations.

Chris McCully is a Lecturer at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. His recent publications include Generative Theory and Corpus Studies (edited with Otéro, Denison and Hogg, 2000) and The Earliest English (with Sharon Hilles, 2005).

'This excellent introduction guides us lightly but firmly through the intricacies of English phonology. McCully is the master of metaphor; his refreshingly imaginative style makes learning about the sounds of English and their relation to contemporary phonological theory an exciting journey of discovery.' Donka Minkova, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Introduction; 2. Consonants (1): contrastiveness; 3. Consonants (2): classification; 4. Consonants (3): distribution; 5. Syllables (1): introduction; 6. Syllables (2): constituents; 7. Syllables (3): structure; 8. Vowels (1): short vowels; 9. Vowels (2): long vowels and diphthongs; 10. Vowels (3): variation; 11. Problems, theories and representations.

Chris McCully is a Lecturer at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. His recent publications include Generative Theory and Corpus Studies (edited with Otéro, Denison and Hogg, 2000) and The Earliest English (with Sharon Hilles, 2005).

'This excellent introduction guides us lightly but firmly through the intricacies of English phonology. McCully is the master of metaphor; his refreshingly imaginative style makes learning about the sounds of English and their relation to contemporary phonological theory an exciting journey of discovery.' Donka Minkova, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles

• 1. Introduction; 2. Consonants (1): contrastiveness; 3. Consonants (2): classification; 4. Consonants (3): distribution; 5. Syllables (1): introduction; 6. Syllables (2): constituents; 7. Syllables (3): structure; 8. Vowels (1): short vowels; 9. Vowels (2): long vowels and diphthongs; 10. Vowels (3): variation; 11. Problems, theories and representations.