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OPTIMALITY THEORY
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By: |
Rene Kager |
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ISBN 10: |
0521589800 |
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9780521589802 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
28 June, 1999 |
Series: |
Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics |
Pages: |
466 |
Description: |
First ever textbook on Optimality Theory, a major new area of linguistic theory. |
Synopsis: |
This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. A surface form is 'optimal' if it incurs the least serious violations of a set of constraints, taking into account their hierarchical ranking. Languages differ in the ranking of constraints; and any violations must be minimal. The book does not limit its empirical scope to phonological phenomena, but also contains chapters on the learnability of OT grammars; OT's implications for syntax; and other issues such as opacity. It also reviews in detail a selection of the considerable research output which OT has already produced. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology. |
Illustrations: |
17 exercises |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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