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Optimality-theoretic syntax, semantics, and pragmatics : from uni- to bidirectional optimization /

This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of optimality theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of...

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Other Authors: Legendre, Géraldine, 1953- (Editor), Putnam, Michael T. (Editor), Swart, Henriëtte de, 1961- (Editor), Zaroukian, Erin, 1985- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 61.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Semantics, Comparative.
Pragmatics.
Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Syntaxe.
Sémantique comparée.
Pragmatique.
Théorie de l'optimalité (Linguistique)
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Semantics, Comparative
Pragmatics
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Electronic books.
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Summary:This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of optimality theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of conflicting, violable ranked constraints.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191817021
0191817023
9780191074189
0191074187