Optimality Theory

Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar

von Alan Prince, Paul Smolensky

304 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.