This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by a…
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 t…
"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 a…
"The central idea of Optimality Theory is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. For linguists with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology, the book includes exercises."--Source inconnue.
The central idea of Optimality Theory is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. For linguists with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology, the book includes exercises.
This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by a…