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Doing optimality theory : applying theory to data / / John J. McCarthy
Doing optimality theory : applying theory to data / / John J. McCarthy
Autore McCarthy John J. <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2008]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina 415
Soggetto topico Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Constraints (Linguistics)
ISBN 1-4443-5805-7
1-282-03441-3
9786612034411
1-4443-0118-7
1-4443-0119-5
Classificazione 17.51
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Acknowledgments; Read This First!; Abbreviations; 1; An Introduction to Optimality Theory; 1.1 How OT Began; 1.2 Why Must Constraints Be Violable?; 1.3 The Nature of Constraints in OT; 1.4 Candidate Sets: OT's GEN Component; 1.5 Candidate Evaluation: OT's EVAL Component; 1.6 Constraint Activity; 1.7 Differences between Languages; 1.8 The Version of OT Discussed in This Book; 1.9 Suggestions for Further Reading; 2; How to Construct an Analysis; 2.1 Where to Begin; 2.1.1 Choosing a problem to work on; 2.1.2 Formulating a descriptive generalization
2.1.3 Getting from the generalization to an analysis2.1.4 Summary; 2.2 How to Rank Constraints; 2.3 Working through an Analysis in Phonology; 2.4 The Limits of Ranking Arguments; 2.5 Candidates in Ranking Arguments; 2.6 Harmonic Bounding; 2.7 Constraints in Ranking Arguments; 2.8 Inputs in Ranking Arguments; 2.9 Working through an Analysis in Syntax; 2.10 Finding and Fixing Problems in an Analysis; 2.10.1 How to check an analysis for problems; 2.10.2 Problem 1: An invalid ranking argument; 2.10.3 Problem 2: A ranking paradox; 2.10.4 Problem 3: Dealing with richness of the base
2.11 Constraint Ranking by Algorithm and Computer2.12 The Logic of Constraint Ranking and Its Uses; 3; How to Write Up an Analysis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How to Organize a Paper; 3.3 How to Present an OT Analysis; 3.4 The Responsibilities of Good Scholarship; 3.5 How to Write Clearly; 3.6 General Advice about Research Topics; 4; Developing New Constraints; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 When Is It Necessary to Modify CON?; 4.3 How to Discover a New Constraint; 4.4 How to Define a New Constraint; 4.5 Properties of Markedness Constraints; 4.5.1 How markedness constraints assign violations
4.5.2 Constraints that are evaluated gradiently4.5.3 Constraints derived by harmonic alignment; 4.6 Properties of Faithfulness Constraints; 4.6.1 Correspondence theory; 4.6.2 Faithfulness to features; 4.6.3 Positional faithfulness; 4.6.4 Faithfulness constraints in the early OT literature; 4.7 Justifying Constraints; 4.7.1 The three ways of justifying a constraint; 4.7.2 Justifying constraints formally; 4.7.3 Justifying constraints functionally; 4.8 A Classified List of Common Phonological Markedness Constraints; 5; Language Typology and Universals; 5.1 Factorial Typology
5.2 Language Universals and How to Explain Them in OT5.3 Investigating the Factorial Typology of a Constraint Set; 5.4 Using Factorial Typology to Test New Constraints; 5.5 Factorial Typology When CON Isn't Fully Known; 5.6 How to Proceed from Typology to Constraints; 6; Some Current Research Questions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 How Does a Language Vary?; 6.3 How is Language Acquired?; 6.4 Does OT Need Derivations?; 6.5 How Is Ungrammaticality Accounted For?; 6.6 Is Faithfulness Enough?; Afterword; References; Constraint Index; Language Index; Subject Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910144418003321
McCarthy John J. <1953->  
Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2008]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Doing optimality theory : applying theory to data / / John J. McCarthy
Doing optimality theory : applying theory to data / / John J. McCarthy
Autore McCarthy John J. <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2008]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina 415
Soggetto topico Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Constraints (Linguistics)
ISBN 1-4443-5805-7
1-282-03441-3
9786612034411
1-4443-0118-7
1-4443-0119-5
Classificazione 17.51
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Acknowledgments; Read This First!; Abbreviations; 1; An Introduction to Optimality Theory; 1.1 How OT Began; 1.2 Why Must Constraints Be Violable?; 1.3 The Nature of Constraints in OT; 1.4 Candidate Sets: OT's GEN Component; 1.5 Candidate Evaluation: OT's EVAL Component; 1.6 Constraint Activity; 1.7 Differences between Languages; 1.8 The Version of OT Discussed in This Book; 1.9 Suggestions for Further Reading; 2; How to Construct an Analysis; 2.1 Where to Begin; 2.1.1 Choosing a problem to work on; 2.1.2 Formulating a descriptive generalization
2.1.3 Getting from the generalization to an analysis2.1.4 Summary; 2.2 How to Rank Constraints; 2.3 Working through an Analysis in Phonology; 2.4 The Limits of Ranking Arguments; 2.5 Candidates in Ranking Arguments; 2.6 Harmonic Bounding; 2.7 Constraints in Ranking Arguments; 2.8 Inputs in Ranking Arguments; 2.9 Working through an Analysis in Syntax; 2.10 Finding and Fixing Problems in an Analysis; 2.10.1 How to check an analysis for problems; 2.10.2 Problem 1: An invalid ranking argument; 2.10.3 Problem 2: A ranking paradox; 2.10.4 Problem 3: Dealing with richness of the base
2.11 Constraint Ranking by Algorithm and Computer2.12 The Logic of Constraint Ranking and Its Uses; 3; How to Write Up an Analysis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How to Organize a Paper; 3.3 How to Present an OT Analysis; 3.4 The Responsibilities of Good Scholarship; 3.5 How to Write Clearly; 3.6 General Advice about Research Topics; 4; Developing New Constraints; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 When Is It Necessary to Modify CON?; 4.3 How to Discover a New Constraint; 4.4 How to Define a New Constraint; 4.5 Properties of Markedness Constraints; 4.5.1 How markedness constraints assign violations
4.5.2 Constraints that are evaluated gradiently4.5.3 Constraints derived by harmonic alignment; 4.6 Properties of Faithfulness Constraints; 4.6.1 Correspondence theory; 4.6.2 Faithfulness to features; 4.6.3 Positional faithfulness; 4.6.4 Faithfulness constraints in the early OT literature; 4.7 Justifying Constraints; 4.7.1 The three ways of justifying a constraint; 4.7.2 Justifying constraints formally; 4.7.3 Justifying constraints functionally; 4.8 A Classified List of Common Phonological Markedness Constraints; 5; Language Typology and Universals; 5.1 Factorial Typology
5.2 Language Universals and How to Explain Them in OT5.3 Investigating the Factorial Typology of a Constraint Set; 5.4 Using Factorial Typology to Test New Constraints; 5.5 Factorial Typology When CON Isn't Fully Known; 5.6 How to Proceed from Typology to Constraints; 6; Some Current Research Questions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 How Does a Language Vary?; 6.3 How is Language Acquired?; 6.4 Does OT Need Derivations?; 6.5 How Is Ungrammaticality Accounted For?; 6.6 Is Faithfulness Enough?; Afterword; References; Constraint Index; Language Index; Subject Index
Record Nr. UNISA-996209984203316
McCarthy John J. <1953->  
Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2008]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Doing optimality theory : applying theory to data / / John J. McCarthy
Doing optimality theory : applying theory to data / / John J. McCarthy
Autore McCarthy John J. <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2008]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina 415
Soggetto topico Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Constraints (Linguistics)
ISBN 1-4443-5805-7
1-282-03441-3
9786612034411
1-4443-0118-7
1-4443-0119-5
Classificazione 17.51
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Acknowledgments; Read This First!; Abbreviations; 1; An Introduction to Optimality Theory; 1.1 How OT Began; 1.2 Why Must Constraints Be Violable?; 1.3 The Nature of Constraints in OT; 1.4 Candidate Sets: OT's GEN Component; 1.5 Candidate Evaluation: OT's EVAL Component; 1.6 Constraint Activity; 1.7 Differences between Languages; 1.8 The Version of OT Discussed in This Book; 1.9 Suggestions for Further Reading; 2; How to Construct an Analysis; 2.1 Where to Begin; 2.1.1 Choosing a problem to work on; 2.1.2 Formulating a descriptive generalization
2.1.3 Getting from the generalization to an analysis2.1.4 Summary; 2.2 How to Rank Constraints; 2.3 Working through an Analysis in Phonology; 2.4 The Limits of Ranking Arguments; 2.5 Candidates in Ranking Arguments; 2.6 Harmonic Bounding; 2.7 Constraints in Ranking Arguments; 2.8 Inputs in Ranking Arguments; 2.9 Working through an Analysis in Syntax; 2.10 Finding and Fixing Problems in an Analysis; 2.10.1 How to check an analysis for problems; 2.10.2 Problem 1: An invalid ranking argument; 2.10.3 Problem 2: A ranking paradox; 2.10.4 Problem 3: Dealing with richness of the base
2.11 Constraint Ranking by Algorithm and Computer2.12 The Logic of Constraint Ranking and Its Uses; 3; How to Write Up an Analysis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 How to Organize a Paper; 3.3 How to Present an OT Analysis; 3.4 The Responsibilities of Good Scholarship; 3.5 How to Write Clearly; 3.6 General Advice about Research Topics; 4; Developing New Constraints; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 When Is It Necessary to Modify CON?; 4.3 How to Discover a New Constraint; 4.4 How to Define a New Constraint; 4.5 Properties of Markedness Constraints; 4.5.1 How markedness constraints assign violations
4.5.2 Constraints that are evaluated gradiently4.5.3 Constraints derived by harmonic alignment; 4.6 Properties of Faithfulness Constraints; 4.6.1 Correspondence theory; 4.6.2 Faithfulness to features; 4.6.3 Positional faithfulness; 4.6.4 Faithfulness constraints in the early OT literature; 4.7 Justifying Constraints; 4.7.1 The three ways of justifying a constraint; 4.7.2 Justifying constraints formally; 4.7.3 Justifying constraints functionally; 4.8 A Classified List of Common Phonological Markedness Constraints; 5; Language Typology and Universals; 5.1 Factorial Typology
5.2 Language Universals and How to Explain Them in OT5.3 Investigating the Factorial Typology of a Constraint Set; 5.4 Using Factorial Typology to Test New Constraints; 5.5 Factorial Typology When CON Isn't Fully Known; 5.6 How to Proceed from Typology to Constraints; 6; Some Current Research Questions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 How Does a Language Vary?; 6.3 How is Language Acquired?; 6.4 Does OT Need Derivations?; 6.5 How Is Ungrammaticality Accounted For?; 6.6 Is Faithfulness Enough?; Afterword; References; Constraint Index; Language Index; Subject Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910829975403321
McCarthy John J. <1953->  
Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, , [2008]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui