TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kager, René
TI  - Optimality Theory
T2  - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
SN  - 0-521-58980-0
AV  - R P158.42 K3
PY  - 2001///
CY  - EUA
PB  - Cambridge, 
KW  - Lingüística
KW  - Teoría de la optimidad
N2  - This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, the central idea of which is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. A surface form is 'optimal' if it incurs the least serious violations of a set of constraints, taking into account their hierarchical ranking,
Languages differ in the ranking of constraints; and any violations must be minimal. The book does not limit its empirical scope to phonological phenomena, but also contains chapters on the learnability of OT grammars; OT's implications for syntax; and other issues such as opacity. It also reviews in detail a selection of the considerable research output which OT has already produced. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optiality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology
ER  -