Blurb:

The aim of this edited collection is to extend our knowledge of the important phonological concept of sonority to a range of other languages (several of them under-described languages). Sonority in previous accounts has most often been applied to languages commonly described ion the linguistics literature. In this collection we have expanded this to include languages of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as phonological development in lesser reported languages. The challenges to sonority that these chapters throw up is dealt with in the concluding chapters where alternative to this concept are explored.The opening chapters contain an overview of sonority and a review of its use in the phonology and developmental/disordered phonology literature. The other chapters all present new material. The final chapter will have some material reviewing previous alternatives to the concept as well as the author’s own original ideas.