The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines.

• Revised from the ground-up for the second edition, the book is comprised almost entirely of newly-written and previously unpublished chapters


• Addresses the important questions in the field including learnability, phonological interfaces, tone, and variation, and assesses the findings and accomplishments in these domains


• Brings together a renowned and international contributor team


• Offers new and unique reflections on the advances in phonological theory since publication of the first edition in 1995


• Along with the first edition, still in publication, it forms the most complete and current overview of the subject in print