Optimality theory
by Kager, René
"This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, the central idea of which 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. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative …
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- Full title :Optimality theory / René Kager.
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"This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, the central idea of which 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. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:1999.
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:xiii, 452 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521580196, 9780521580199, 0521589800, 9780521589802
- oclc:ocn222174803
- LC Classification:P158.42
- Dewey Decimal:410.18
Table of Contents
1. Conflicts in grammars -- 2. The typology of structural changes -- 3. Syllable structure and economy -- 4. Metrical structure and parallelism -- 5. Correspondence in reduplication -- 6. Output-to-output correspondence -- 7. Learning OT grammars -- 8. Extensions to syntax -- 9. Residual issues.
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