Despite earlier work by Trubetzkoy, Jakobson and Greenberg, Phonological Typology is often underrepresented in Typology textbooks.
Hyman , University of California, Berkeley, USA
Frans Plank, University of Konstanz, Germany..
About the Author Larry M.
The purpose of this book is to bring together leading scholars to address the issue of Phonological typology, both in terms of the unity and the diversity of Phonological systems.
At the same time, most phonologists do not see a difference between Phonological Typology and cross-linguistic (formal) phonology.
Despite earlier work by Trubetzkoy, Jakobson and Greenberg, Phonological Typology is often underrepresented in Typology textbooks