Review of 'The sonority controversy'. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. (Phonology and Phonetics). Pp. xvi + 487

Abstract

The sonority controversy, edited by Steve Parker, comprises twelve chapters about sonority, written from a variety of angles. *The book is organised intofive parts:'Sonority and phonotactics', with six contributions,'Sonority and phonetics', with three, and 'Sonority and language acquisition','Sonority and sign language' and 'Sonority and computational modeling', each represented by a single chapter. The volume has a brief introduction,in which the editor identifies the need for a contribution on each topic, emphasises the controversial character of the notion of sonority and allied topics,summarises the articles that make up the volume and shows how they are interconnected.