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Optimality Theory
Contributor(s): Kager, Rene (Author)
ISBN: 0521589800     ISBN-13: 9780521589802
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $68.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 1999
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Annotation: 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.
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: 1.16" H x 5.96" W x 8.86" (1.63 lbs) 466 pages