Overview
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.
- | Author: John J. McCarthy
- | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
- | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 620 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0631226893
- | ISBN-13: 9780631226895
