Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative GrammarISBN: 978-1-4051-1932-0
Hardcover
304 pages
August 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: E-book
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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.