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Optimality Theory - Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Kager, Rene (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Optimality Theory - Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Kager, Rene (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands)
This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology.
466 pages, 17 exercises
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 28, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780521589802 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 466 |
Dimensions | 153 × 226 × 23 mm · 756 g |
Language | English |
Series Editor | Austin, P. |
Series Editor | Bresnan, J. |
Series Editor | Comrie, B. |
Series Editor | Crain, S. |
Series Editor | Dressler, W. |
Series Editor | Ewen, C. |
Series Editor | Lass, R. |
Series Editor | Lightfoot, David |
Series Editor | Rice, K. |