Optimality theory : constraint interaction in generative grammar / / Alan Prince, Paul Smolensky

• Autore: Prince Alan
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2004]; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Optimality theory (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology; Constraints (Linguistics)
• Persona (resp. second.): SmolenskyPaul <1955->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-280) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar; Contents; Prefatory Note; Acknowledgments; 1 Preliminaries; 1.1 Background and Overview; 1.2 Optimality; 1.3 Overall Structure of the Argument; Part I Optimality and Constraint Interaction; Overview of Part I; 2 Optimality in Grammar: Core Syllabi.cation in ImdlawnTashlhiyt Berber; 2.1 The Heart of Dell and Elmedlaoui; 2.2 Optimality Theory; 2.3 Summary of Discussion to Date; 3 Generalization-Forms in Domination Hierarchies I Do Something Only When: Triggering, or The Theory of Economy ; Blocking and Triggering: Profuseness and Economy3.1 Epenthetic Structure; 3.2 The Failure of Bottom-Up Constructionism; 4 Generalization-Forms in Domination Hierarchies II Do Something Except When: Blocking, or The Theory of Profuseness; 4.1 Edge-Oriented Infixation; 4.2 Interaction of Weight Effects with Extrametricality; 4.2.1 Background: Prominence-Driven Stress Systems; 4.2.2 The Interaction of Weight and Extrametricality: Kelkar's Hindi/Urdu; 4.3 Nonfinality and Nonexhaustiveness; 4.3.1 Nonfinality and the Laws of Foot Form: Raw Minimality ; 4.3.2 Nonfinality and the Laws of Foot Form: Extended Minimality Effects4.4 Summary of Discussion of the Except When Effect; 4.5 Except Meets Only: Triggering and Blocking in a Single Grammar; 5 The Construction of Grammar in Optimality Theory; 5.1 Construction of Harmonic Orderings from Phonetic and Structural Scales; 5.2 The Theory of Constraint Interaction; 5.2.1 Comparison of Entire Candidates by a Single Constraint; 5.2.1.1 Ons: Binary constraints; 5.2.1.2 Hnuc: Non-binary constraints; 5.2.2 Comparison of Entire Candidates by an Entire Constraint Hierarchy; 5.2.3 Discussion ; 5.2.3.1 Non-locality of interaction5.2.3.2 Strictness of domination; 5.2.3.3 Serial vs. parallel Harmony evaluation and Gen; 5.2.3.4 Binary vs. non-binary constraints; 5.3 Pāņini's Theorem on Constraint Ranking; Part II Syllable Theory; Overview of Part II; 6 Syllable Structure Typology: The CV Theory; 6.1 The Jakobson Typology; 6.2 The Faithfulness Interactions; 6.2.1 Groundwork; 6.2.2 Basic CV Syllable Theory; 6.2.2.1 Onsets; 6.2.2.2 Codas; 6.2.3 The Theory of Epenthesis Sites; 7 Constraint Interaction in Lardil Phonology; 7.1 The Constraints; 7.2 The Ranking; 7.2.1 Some Ranking Logic ; 7.2.2 Ranking the Constraints7.3 Verification of Forms; 7.3.1 Consonant-Final Stems; 7.3.2 Vowel-Final Stems; 7.4 Discussion; 8 Universal Syllable Theory: Ordinal Construction of C/V and Onset/Coda Licensing Asymmetry; 8.1 Associational Harmony; 8.1.1 Deconstructing Hnuc: Berber, Take 1; 8.1.2 Restricting to Binary Marks; 8.2 Reconstructing the C and V Classes: Emergent Parameter Setting via Constraint Ranking; 8.2.1 Harmonic Completeness of Possible Onsets and Peaks; 8.2.2 Peak- and Margin-Affinity; 8.2.3 Interactions with Parse; 8.2.4 Restricting Deletion and Epenthesis ; 8.2.5 Further Necessary Conditions on Possible Onsets and Nuclei
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 profes
• Titolo autorizzato: Optimality theory
• ISBN: 1-281-32147-8; 9786611321475; 0-470-75940-2; 0-470-75939-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996208217703316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno