Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar

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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.Content: Chapter 1 Preliminaries (pages 1–10): Chapter 2 Optimality in Grammar: Core Syllabification in Imdlawn Tashlhiyt Berber (pages 14–26): Chapter 3 Generalization?Forms in Domination Hierarchies I: Do Something Only When: Triggering, or the Theory of Economy (pages 27–38): Chapter 4 Generalization?Forms in Domination Hierarchies II: Do Something Except When: Blocking, or the Theory of Profuseness (pages 39–79): Chapter 5 The Construction of Grammar in Optimality Theory (pages 80–99): Chapter 6 Syllable Structure Typology: The CV Theory (pages 105–118): Chapter 7 Constraint Interaction in Lardil Phonology (pages 119–149): Chapter 8 Universal Syllable Theory: Ordinal Construction of C/V and Onset/Coda Licensing Asymmetry (pages 150–202): Chapter 9 Inventory Theory and the Lexicon (pages 207–231): Chapter 10 Foundational Issues and Theory?Comparisons (pages 232–257):