Optimality theory : constraint interaction in generative grammar /

Available for the first time in book form, Prince and Smolensky's "Optimality Theory" is the seminal work in the field. This influential work defines grammatical well-formedness as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints. It presents the theory both through ex...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Prince, Alan
Other Authors:	Smolensky, Paul, 1955-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Subjects:	Optimality theory (Linguistics) Constraints (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book