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050	0	0	_aDUCE P158.42.K38
100	1		_aKager, R. _qRené Kager
245	1	0	_aOptimality theory / _cRené Kager.
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c1999.
300			_axiii, 452p. : _bill. ; _c24cm.
440		0	_aCambridge textbooks in linguistics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aLinguistics
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/98039103.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/98039103.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98039103.html
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