Frontmatter -- Table of contents - overview -- Table of contents - detail -- 1 Editorial note: two volumes -- 2 Foreword -- 3 How to use this book -- 4 Conventions used in this book -- PART ONE: WHAT IS CVCV? -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Open versus closed syllables in CVCV -- Chapter 3. A unified theory of vowel - zero alternations -- Chapter 4. Alternating vowels are present in the lexicon -- Chapter 5. The beginning of the word: "#" CV -- Chapter 6. The Coda Mirror -- Chapter 7. Consequences of the Coda Mirror: no confusion between Government and Licensing anymore -- Chapter 8. A syntax of phonology -- Chapter 9. Lateral relations are head-final: length in phonology -- Chapter 10. Syllabic and trapped consonants in CVCV -- PART TWO: WHY CVCV ? -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Principles of argumentation I: disjunctive contexts -- Chapter 3. Principles of argumentation II: representations and their function -- Chapter 4. Principles of argumentation III: generality of processes -- Chapter 5. Principles of argumentation IV: a better solution for extrasyllabicity than extrasyllabicity -- Chapter 6. Argument One -- Chapter 7. Argument Two -- Chapter 8. Argument Three -- Chapter 9. Argument Four -- Chapter 10. Argument Five -- Chapter 11. Argument Six -- Chapter 12. Argument Seven -- Chapter 13. Argument Eight -- Chapter 14. Argument Nine -- Chapter 15. Argument Ten -- General Conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- Subject Index -- Language Index