This book is the result of a series of discussions, disputes, and reconciliations that we have had over the last five years in different -most often beautiful -places in Europe: Anche I'occhio vuole la sua parte (an Italian saying meaning 'The eye, too, needs its share').As the title suggests, Prosodic Phonology is primarily a book on phonological theory. It deals with domains in phonology and the interactions between phonology and the other components of the grammar, as well as with such related issues as perception and poetic meter. We have done our best to render the book accessible not only to phonologists but also to linguists working in other fields, as well as to scholars with a basic knowledge of generative grammar involved in research in neighboring disciplines.As the reader will immediately notice, certain languages have a privileged position in this book. This is not by chance: they are our native languages -Italian and English -and some other languages we have learned for necessity or pleasure -Dutch, Greek, French, and Spanish. We have not, however, limited our attention to these languages. Instead, we have attempted to provide a broader basis for our claims and thus have examined phenomena in over twenty-five languages, making use of grammars, previous linguistic analyses, and, whenever possible, intuitions of native speakers.Many people have contributed to the development of the ideas presented in this book, and several institutions have made its realization possible. The Dutch phonological community has been particularly important for having provided us with a stimulating and encouraging environment. In particular, we would like to thank Geert Booij, Harry van der Hulst, and Mieke Trommelen for having carefully read the entire manuscript in a short period of time and for having made valuable comments and suggestions. We are grateful to Sergio Scalise, who, besides reading and commenting on the entire manuscript, has offered us his time and insights during all stages of the preparation of this book. Ivonne Bordelois and Mauro Scorretti were always available for stimulating and pleasant discussions and gave us valuable comments on the chapters most related to syntax.

In phonology, one of the generalisations that seems to hold true across most, if not all, languages is that the overall rhythmic pattern tends to be organised such that there is an alternation of strong and weak syllables (cf. among others, Hayes 1980, 1984; Prince 1983; Selkirk 1984). In other words, languages tend to avoid strings of adjacent strong syllables, as well as strings of adjacent weak syllables. These generalisations are expressed by clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Selkirk's Principle of Rhythmic Alternation (PRA):(1)Principle of Rhythmic Alternation(Selkirk 1984: 52)a. Every strong position on a metrical levelnshould be followed by at least one weak position on that levelb. Any weak position on a metrical levelnmay be preceded by at most one weak position on that levelOf course, the underlying rhythmic patterns of a language are not always in conformity with the PRA.

It is generally believed that Turkish stress is always word-final. Closer examination, however, reveals several types of exceptions to this pattern involving both roots and affixes. This paper proposes a unified analysis of regular and irregular stress in Turkish that crucially depends on our definition of the Phonological Word. In addition, we discuss stress in constituents beyond the word, and provide evidence for the Clitic Group as well as the Phonological Phrase. Finally, we also briefly discuss vowel harmony and a set of syllabification phenomena, and show how the latter, in particular, provide independent support for the proposal we advance here.

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The operative results of 23 patients with a specific or unspecific spondylodiscitis were documented over 2 years after the focus of the inflammation had been eradicated, bone chip had been interposed and a CDH instrumentation had been performed by an anterior approach only. These outcomes were compared with the results of 32 patients in whom the focus had been removed and the defect had been filled with bone graft from an anterior approach, followed by stabilisation with CD instrumentation through an additional dorsal approach. In the cases where CDH instrumentation was applied, the range of fusion averaged 1.3 segments. This was clearly less extensive than in dorsoventral stabilisation, in which on average 3.5 segments were fused. In 47 of 55 cases mobilisation was achieved without orthesis. Eight months after the operations bony fusion could be observed radiologically in all patients. The mean preoperative kyphotic angle of the affected segments was 14.4 ° , compared to 4 ° after the operation. The mean loss of reposition was measured to be about 2.7 ° in both groups. Average operation time and blood loss were about 50% higher in the patients treated dorsoventrally. We conclude that even in the case of florid spondylodiscitis, a short-range anterior fusion of the affected spinal segment may be performed by use of a stableangle implant without an increased risk of infection-related loosening.