| Optimality Theory Contributor(s): Kager, Rene (Author) |
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ISBN: 051181240X ISBN-13: 9780511812408 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $494.00 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 410.1 |
| Lexile Measure: 1300 |
| Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics |
| 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. |