| Optimality Theory Contributor(s): Kager, Rene (Author), Anderson, S. R. (Editor), Bresnan, J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521580196 ISBN-13: 9780521580199 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $183.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 410.1 |
| LCCN: 98-39103 |
| Lexile Measure: 1300 |
| Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.85 lbs) 468 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology. |