Introductory Note -- Foreword -- A Note on the Sign Conventions -- PART I PHONOLOGY -- Chapter I SEGMENTS AND BOUNDARIES -- 1. Introduction: A Theory of Phonology -- 2. The Phonological System of Russian -- 3. Comments on Details of the Phonological System of Russian -- Chapter II SEQUENTIAL CONSTRAINTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Morpheme Structure (MS) Rules -- 3. The Phonological (P) Rules -- PART II ACOUSTICS -- Chapter III A NON-TECHNICAL ACCOUNT OF SOME ELEMENTARY CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES OF ACOUSTICS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elementary Exposition of Some Concepts and Techniques of Acoustics -- 3. Digression on the Relation Between the Descriptive Frameworks of Acoustics, of Psycho-Acoustics and of Phonetics -- Chapter IV A CRITICAL SURVEY OF ACOUSTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SPEECH SOUNDS -- Chapter V THE ACOUSTICAL CORRELATES OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF RUSSIAN -- 1. Subjects and Material -- 2. Measurement Procedure -- 3. Vocalic vs. Non-Vocalic, and Consonantal vs. Non-Consonantal -- 4. Compact vs. Noncompact, Diffuse vs. Nondiffuse, and Low vs. High Tonality -- 5. Strident vs. Mellow -- 6. Nasal vs. Nonnasal -- 7. Continuant vs. Interrupted -- 8. Voiced vs. Unvoiced -- 9. Sharp vs. Plain -- Excursus CONTEXTUAL VARIANTS OF THE RUSSIAN VOWELS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonetic and Phonemic Analysis -- 3. The Russian Vowel Variants -- 4. General Remarks -- Appendix I Formant Frequencies of Russian Vowels -- Appendix II Energy Density Spectra of Stop Bursts and Continuants -- Bibliography.