The Author: Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Dr. phil., Dr. phil. habil., is «Privatdozentin» in the Department of African Linguistics at the University of Frankfurt am Main (Germany), where she lectures, and also carries out research. Besides, she teaches Phonetics and Phonology in the Department of Ethnology and African Studies at the University of Mainz.

«The book is innovative in its scope, intent and approach. In fact, compared to other text books say on phonology or phonetics, this book is not exactly a textbook in the traditional sense. It seems encyclopedic in nature, pulling together a vast array of fundamental concepts that are useful to the various fields and providing a broad overview of important current issues and theories in phonology.» (Augustine Agwuele, The Linguist)

• Contents: Essentials of phonetics – Articulatory and acoustic phonetics – Airstream mechanisms – Co-articulation – Prosody and suprasegmental features – Essentials of phonology – Higher phonological structure – Phonological theories – Essentials of tonology – Tone rules – Tonal behaviour and changes – Tone and intonation – Specific African sound patterns – Phonological systems of African languages.