Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader

McCarthy, John J.

Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky's never-before-published Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar.

• Compiles the most important readings about Optimality Theory in phonology from some of the most prominent researchers in the field.
• Contains 33 excerpts spanning a range of topics in phonology and including many never-before-published papers.
• Includes a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky’s foundational 1993 manuscript Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar.
• Includes introductory notes and study/research questions for each chapter.

Details

Published by: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: 2003-10-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780631226888

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Dimensions: 254.00cm x180.30cm

Pages: 624