Optimality Theory by Alan Prince

Optimality Theory by Alan Prince

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Zusammenfassung

Available for the first time in book form, Prince and Smolensky's Optimality Theory is the seminal work in the field. In it, the theorya s fundamental ideas are developed in detail and their explanatory power demonstrated across a wide array of phonological domains.

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Optimality Theory by Alan Prince

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.
“This is a very important bookOptimality Theory has transformed the field of linguistics more than almost any other development of the past half-century, and Prince and Smolensky started it all.” John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst


"OT does not need to permanently influence linguistic theory: it has already done so. Between 1993 and 2004, Prince and Smolensky’s Optimality Theory was by far the most widely circulated manuscript among phonologists. Fortunately, it is now available for a larger audience in this text edition." René Kager, Utrecht University

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).

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ISBN 13 9781405119337
ISBN 10 1405119330
Titel Optimality Theory
Autor Alan Prince
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2004-08-02
Seitenanzahl 304
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