'Mateus andamp; d'Andrade's work constitutes a practical and informative reference and will be of interest to linguists, students, and anyone seeking a broader understanding of the sound system and word-formation processes of Portuguese... this book is an excellent empirical and theoretical reference' -Journal of Linguistics 'Mateus andamp; d'Andrade have crafted a very easy to read, well-organised exposition of their favourite analyses quite suitable for a course in the structure of Portuguese phonology' -Phonology 'This is a much appreciated book for those of us who regularly teach a course on the synchronic phonology and morphophonology of Portuguese... the book has the tone of a course both in its presentation and organisation' -Phonology 'I see Mateus and d'Andrade's analyses serving as a springboard for future discussion on this most interesting and (dare I say) underappreciated Romance language' -David J. Silva 'Authors Mateus and d'Andrade have delivered a concise and comprehensive English-language volume on Portuguese phonology, nicely complementing the pre-generative English- language version of J. Mattoso Camara's 1970 work, The Portuguese Language (translated by Anthony Naro)' -David J. Silva 'I suspect that some of the theoretical analyses presented in the book will become the standard accounts for Portuguese' -David J. SilvaPortuguese is a Romance language bearing close links with Spanish and Catalan. In this book, the authors provide an accurate description of the phonological system of Portuguese, comparing the main phenomena of the two most widely extended varieties of the languageDSEuropean Portuguese and Brazilian PortugueseDSwithin the light of current phonological theories. This book's importance and interest lie in the unique characteristics that give Portuguese a special place among the Romance languages.