The Cambridge handbook of natural linguistics edited by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Patricia J. Donegan, Wolfgang U. Dressler

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Katarzyna, 1960- editor.

Donegan, Patricia J. (Patricia Jane), 1945- editor.

Dressler, Wolfgang U., 1939- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naturalness (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"Written by a team of leading experts, this groundbreaking handbook provides the first comprehensive and current account of Natural Linguistics. It offers a state-of-the-art survey of the theoretical developments that have arisen from, or are related to, the framework of Natural Phonology – across subfields as diverse as phonology, morphology, morphophonology, syntax, pragmatics, and text linguistics. The handbook is split into five parts, with chapters covering the origins, foundational principles, semiotic, cognitive, and functional bases of Natural Linguistics, as well as external evidence for the theory, and a critical appraisal of its position amongst modern linguistic theories. It fills a gap in the available accounts of modern linguistic theories and demonstrates the potential of the theory to a wider audience, addressing both advocates of the school and those who are open to alternative approaches to linguistic science. It will be a definitive reference work on Natural Linguistics for years to come"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Historical roots of natural phonology / Richard Wojcik

The nature of natural processes / Patricia J. Donegan

Processes and rules / Richard A. Rhodes, Geoffrey S. Nathan, and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Sound change, naturalness, and word shape probability / Nikolaus Ritt

Second language phonology / Šárka Šimácková and Patricia J. Donegan

Semiotic, cognitive, and functional bases of natural linguistics / Wolfgang U. Dressler, Dimitrios Meletis, and Hans Basbøll

Evolutionary perspectives on natural linguistics : Concepts and methods / Andreas Baumann and Nikolaus Ritt

Self-organization in acquisition / Wolfgang U. Dressler and Sarah Brogden Payne

The relationship between frequency and phonological naturalness / Ian Maddieson

Natural morphology / Livio Gaeta and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Natural syntax : A case study of negation / William O’Grady

Phonotactics and morphonotactics / Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk, Paula Orzechowska, Paulina Zydorowicz, and Andreas Baumann

Text and pragmatics in natural linguistics / Elisa Mattiello and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Refining representations for natural phonology / Geoffrey Schwartz

First language acquisition / Paulina Zydorowicz and Wolfgang U. Dressler

From processes to cross-linguistic influence : Different perspectives in phonological acquisition / Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk, Magdalena Wrembel, and Anna Balas

Extragrammatical and marginal morphology and poetic creativity / Elke Ronneberger-Sibold and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Bridging natural linguistics with neuro-cognition in people with speech and language impairments / Monika Polczynska-Bletsos, Paula Orzechowska, and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Quantitative methods in phonological argumentation / Andreas Baumann and Kamil Kazmierski

Natural linguistics and generative grammar / Tobias Scheer

Natural linguistics and optimality theory / Fernando Sánchez-Miret

Cognitive phonology / Geoffrey S. Nathan

Complex systems : Complexity as a criterion on the continuum of naturalness / Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk, William A. Kretzschmar, Jr., and Wolfgang U. Dressler

Naturalness, preference, and reality : Views from fieldwork, computation, and acoustics / Dafydd Gibbon

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Cambridge handbook of natural linguistics

ISBN:

9781009381123

1009381121

OCLC:

1548601836

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license