Optimality Theory : Phonology, Syntax, and Acquisition
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198238436
ISBN-13
9780198238430
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 26th, 2000
Print length
636 Pages
Weight
1,054 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 16.40 x 3.70 cms
Product Classification:
Language acquisitionPhonetics, phonologyGrammar, syntax & morphology
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Optimality theory has revolutionized phonological theory, and its insights are now being applied to other central aspects of language. This book presents the results of research as applied to syntax/language acquisition, as well as considering the main lines of attack by rule-based grammarians.
Optimality Theory substitutes constraints for rules in universal grammar and linguistic performance. Constraints are ranked so that a lower-ranked constraint may be violated in order to satisfy a higher. OT has revolutionized phonological theory, and its insights are now being applied to other central aspects of language. This book presents the first fruits of such research as applied to syntax and to language acquisition, as well as considering the main lines of attack on OT by rule-based grammarians (for example, that constraints are ad hoc, limitless, or themselves contain rules).
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