Cv Phonology: A Generative Theory of the Syllable (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs) Clements, George N. and Keyser, Samuel Jay

This work introduces a new approach to syllable representation. It proposes an additional level of phonological representation, the CV-tier; which defines functional positions within the syllable. The first three chapters provide an explanation of and support far this new approach from a typologically varied selection of languages, including English, Turkish, Finnish, French, Spanish, and Danish.

The last two chapters are devoted to an in-depth application of the theory of Klamath, showing that a radical simplification of the phonological rules of that language is made possible in terms of this new framework. The book constitutes the first full-scale phonological justification for the CV-tier.

George N. Clements was Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.