Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: contents of this book -- 1 Basic assumptions about phonology -- 2 Background: Dependency and Government Phonology -- 3 Radical CV Phonology -- 4 Manner -- 5 Place -- 6 Laryngeal: phonation and tone -- 7 Special structures -- 8 Predictability and preference -- 9 Minimal specification -- 10 Radical CV Phonology applied to sign phonology -- 11 Comparison to other models -- 12 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Subject index -- Language index