Alan Prince, Paul Smolensky

eBook, PDF

Optimality Theory (eBook, PDF)

Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar

Beschreibung

This book is the final version of the widely-circulated 1993 Technical Report that introduces a conception of grammar in which well-formedness is defined as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints.

• Final version of the widely circulated 1993 Technical Report that was the seminal work in Optimality Theory, never before available in book format.
• Serves as an excellent introduction to the principles and practice of Optimality Theory.
• Offers proposals and analytic commentary that suggest many directions for further development for the professional.

Technische Details

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• Größe: 1.1MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Alan Prince is Professor of Linguistics and a member of the Cognitive Science Center at Rutgers University and is, along with Paul Smolensky, one of the founders of Optimality Theory. He has published in journals such as Linguistic Inquiry, Science, Cognition, and Critical Inquiry.

Paul Smolensky is Professor of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University. His publications include Learnability in Optimality Theory (with Bruce Tesar, 2000) and Mathematical Perspectives on Neural Networks (edited with Michael Mozer and David Rumelhart, 1996).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470759394
• Artikelnr.: 38211424

Rezensionen

"This is a very important book. Optimality Theory hastransformed the field of linguistics more than almost any otherdevelopment of the past half-century, and Prince and Smolenskystarted it all." John J. McCarthy, University ofMassachusetts, Amherst

"OT does not need to permanently influence linguistic theory: ithas already done so. Between 1993 and 2004, Prince andSmolensky's Optimality Theory was by far the mostwidely circulated manuscript among phonologists. Fortunately, it isnow available for a larger audience in this text edition."René Kager, Utrecht University