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Optimality theory / René Kager.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge textbooks in linguisticsPublication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.Description: xiii, 452p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0521580196
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DUCE P158.42.K38
Online resources: Summary: This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. 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. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimal Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivation al Generative Phonology.
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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. 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. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimal Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivation al Generative Phonology.

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