{"product_id":"a-thematic-guide-to-optimality-theory-hardback-9780521791946","title":"A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory (Hardback) 9780521791946","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplains and explores the central premises of OT and the results of their praxis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn J. McCarthy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521791946, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages, 127 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.679 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Overall, McCarthy's Thematic Guide to OT is an excellent research survey that I highly recommend to schoalrs and graduate students interested in phonology and in linguistic science in general … McCarthy's Guide, thus, should be considered a remarkable attempt to offer a global perspective on Optimality Theory as a model of Universal Grammar.' Canadian Journal of Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the central premises of OT and the results of their praxis. Examples are drawn from phonology, morphology, and syntax, but the emphasis throughout is on the theory rather than the examples, on understanding what is special about OT and on equipping readers to apply it, extend it, and critique it in their own areas of interest. To enhance the book's usefulness for researchers in allied disciplines, the topdown view of OT extends to work on first- and second-language acquisition, phonetics and functional phonology, computational linguistics, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Furthermore, to situate OT for those coming from other traditions, this book also contains much discussion of OT's intellectual origins, its predecessors, and its contemporary competitors. Each chapter concludes with extensive suggestions for further reading, classified by topics, and supplemented by a massive bibliography (over 800 items). The book ends with a list of frequently asked questions about Optimality Theory, with brief answers and pointers to a fuller treatment in the text.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: an overview of optimality theory\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Core: 1. Basic architecture\u003cbr\u003e 2. Constraint typology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Modes of interaction\u003cbr\u003e 4. Illustration\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Context: 5. Classic generative phonology\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conspiracies\u003cbr\u003e 7. Representations and constraints on representations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Other constraint theories (TCRS, DP, etc.)\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Results: 9. Endogenous constraints\u003cbr\u003e 10. Consequences of markedness\/faithfulness interaction\u003cbr\u003e 11. Consequences of constraint violability\u003cbr\u003e 12. Consequences of parallelism\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Connections: 13. Learnability and acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 14. Parsing\u003cbr\u003e Morphology and the lexicon\u003cbr\u003e 15. Syntax and semantics\u003cbr\u003e 16. Language variation and change\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Issues and prospects: 17. Functionalism\u003cbr\u003e 18. Opacity\u003cbr\u003e 19. Serial OT\u003cbr\u003e 20. Local conjunction\u003cbr\u003e 21. 'Overkill'\u003cbr\u003e 22. Other topics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Grammar,%20syntax%20\u0026amp;%20morphology%20%5BCFK%5D%22\"\u003eCFK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265093619992,"sku":"9780521791946","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521791946i.jpg?v=1692019489","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-thematic-guide-to-optimality-theory-hardback-9780521791946","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}