Outline of the Preface and Chapter 1 of Phonology

Preface
Part I: Various theoretical considerations and phonological backgrounds
Part II: Explaining the similarities of world languages
Part III: Using experimental methods to tell the principles of changing sounds in the world.
Part IV: How do we establish the models of phonological contrasts
Part V: Using psycholinguistics and phonetics to test speakers and listeners’ phonological processes.
Chapter1
Introduction— This book focuses on the methodology achievements of phonology
Questions— There are some questions in the textbook that can help us read the book quickly and easily
Theories—We raises several theories to help us answer the questions
Methods—According to the theories, we establish some methods to answer the questions or do the experiments.

Phonology

Copenhagen School
Categorial Phonology
Cognitive Phonology
PartI--Ch4 Beyond Laboratory Phonology
PartII--Ch8 Linking DispersionFocalization Theory and the Maximum Utilization of the Available Distinctive Features Principle in a Perception-for-Action-Control Theory
PartIII--Ch11 Coarticulatory Nasalization and Phonological Decelopments: Data from Italian and English Nasal-Fricative Sequences
PartIV-- Ch16 Probabilistic "Sliding Template" Models for Indirect Vowel Normalization
PartV--Ch20 The SLIP Technique as a Window on the Metal Preparation of Speech: Some methodological Considerations

Neurolinguistics

Rehabilitation (復健) vs. habilitation (培建/健)
Patholinguistics
Neuroembryology
Trauma
Part I--Ch4 On modularity and method
PartII--Ch6 Speech perception: paradigms and findings
PartIII--Ch11 Lexical semantics disorder in aphasia
PartIV--CH14 Agrammatism revisited
PartV--Ch16 Breakdown of discourse