Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time. Provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned phonologistDeveloped and tested in the classroom through years of experience and useEmphasizes analysis of phonological data, placing this in its scientific context, and explains the relevant methodologyGuides students through the larger questions of what phonological patterns reveal about languageIncludes numerous course-friendly features, including multi-part exercises and annotated suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter