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Optimality Theory

Rene Kager
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      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Rene Kager EAN: 9780521589802 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 766 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-06-28 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology WIDTH: 154 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Grammar, syntax and morphology

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      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Rene Kager EAN: 9780521589802 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 766 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-06-28 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology WIDTH: 154 cm SPINE:

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      Grammar, syntax and morphology

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