{"product_id":"optimality-theory-isbn-9781405119320","title":"Optimality Theory","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFinal version of the widely circulated 1993 Technical Report that was the seminal work in Optimality Theory, never before available in book format.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eServes as an excellent introduction to the principles and practice of Optimality Theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers proposals and analytic commentary that suggest many directions for further development for the professional.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Prefactory Note. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Preliminaries:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground and Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOptimality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverall Structure of the Argument.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview of Part I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Optimality in Grammar: Core Syllabification in Imdlawn Tashlhiyt Berber:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Heart of Dell \u0026amp; Elmedlaoui.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOptimality Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary of discussion to date.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Generalization-Forms in Domination Hierarchies I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlocking and Triggering: Profuseness and Economy:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpenthetic Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo Something Only When: The Failure of Bottom-up Constructionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Generalization-Forms in Domination Hierarchies II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo Something Except When: Blocking, or The Theory of Profuseness:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdge-Oriented Infixation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInteraction of Weight Effects with Extrametricality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground: Prominence-Driven Stress Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Interaction of Weight and Extrametricality: Kelkar’s Hindi\/Urdu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNonfinality and Nonexhaustiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNonfinality and the Laws of Foot Form: Raw Minimality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNonfinality and the Laws of Foot Form:Extended Minimality Effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary of Discussion of the \u003ci\u003eExcept When\u003c\/i\u003e Effect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExcept meets Only: Triggering and Blocking in a Single Grammar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Construction of Grammar in Optimality Theory:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstruction of Harmonic Orderings from Phonetic and Structural Scales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theory of Constraint Interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison of Entire Candidates by a Single Constraint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOns: Binary constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHnuc: Non-binary constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparison of Entire Candidates by an Entire Constraint Hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNon-locality of interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrictness of domination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSerial vs. Parallel Harmony Evaluation and Gen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBinary vs. Non-binary constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePâòini’s Theorem on Constraint Ranking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview of Part II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Syllable Structure Typology I: the CV Theory:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Jakobson Typology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Faithfulness Interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroundwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic CV Syllable Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnsets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCodas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theory of Epenthesis Sites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Constraint Interaction in Lardil Phonology:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ranking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Ranking Logic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRanking the Constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerification of Forms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsonant-Final Stems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVowel Final Stems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Universal Syllable Theory II: Ordinal Construction of C\/V and Onset\/Coda Licensing Asymmetry:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssociational Harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstructing Hnuc: Berber, Take 1.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestricting to Binary Marks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructing the C and V Classes: Emergent Parameter Setting \u003ci\u003evia\u003c\/i\u003e Constraint Ranking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarmonic Completeness of Possible Onsets and Peaks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeak- and Margin-Affinity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInteractions with Parse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRestricting Deletion and Epenthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Necessary Conditions on Possible Onsets and Nuclei.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufficient Conditions on Possible Onsets and Nuclei.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Typology of Onset, Nucleus, and Coda Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Typology of Onset and Nucleus Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnset\/Coda Licensing Asymmetries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example: Berber, Take 2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSimplifying the Theory by Encapsulating Constraint Packages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncapsulating the Association Hierarchies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example: Berber, Take 3.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufficiency and Richness of the Encapsulated Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Inventory Theory and the Lexicon:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage-Particular Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarmonic Bounding and Nucleus, Syllable, and Word Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSegmental Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUniversal Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSegmental Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyllabic Inventories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOptimality in the Lexicon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Foundational Issues and Theory-Comparisons:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking about Optimality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFear of Optimization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reassurance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Connectionism Connection, and other Computation-based Comparisons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Optimality Theory has nothing to do with connectionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Optimality Theory is deeply connected to connectionism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarmony Maximization and Symbolic Cognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis of ‘Phonotactics+Repair’ Theories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCV Syllable Structure and Repair.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Structure of the Comparisons: Repair Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersistent Rule Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglish Closed Syllable Shortening.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShona Tone Spreading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theory of Constraints and Repair Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 The Cancellation and Cancellation\/Domination Lemmas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 CV Syllable Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 Pâòini's Theorem on Constraint-ranking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/p\u003e  “This is a very important book. \u003ci\u003eOptimality Theory\u003c\/i\u003e has transformed the field of linguistics more than almost any other development of the past half-century, and Prince and Smolensky started it all.” \u003ci\u003eJohn J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"OT does not need to permanently influence linguistic theory: it has already done so. Between 1993 and 2004, Prince and Smolensky’s \u003ci\u003eOptimality Theory\u003c\/i\u003e was by far the most widely circulated manuscript among phonologists. Fortunately, it is now available for a larger audience in this text edition.\" \u003ci\u003eRené Kager, Utrecht University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlan Prince\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics and a member of the Cognitive Science Center at Rutgers University and is, along with Paul Smolensky, one of the founders of Optimality Theory. He has published in journals such as \u003ci\u003eLinguistic Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCognition\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritical Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Smolensky\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eLearnability in Optimality Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (with Bruce Tesar, 2000) and \u003ci\u003eMathematical Perspectives on Neural Networks\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Michael Mozer and David Rumelhart, 1996).\u003c\/p\u003e  Available for the first time in book form, Prince and Smolensky's \u003ci\u003eOptimality Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e seminal work in the field. This influential work: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Defines grammatical well-formedness as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Presents the theory both through examples and formally, emphasizing its core commitments: strict domination, the Markedness\/Faithfulness distinction, strong universality of the constraint set, interlinguistic variation as variation in ranking\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Illuminates generalization patterns shared across empirically diverse phenomena ranging from epenthesis to infixation to complex dependencies among prominence, syllabification, stress and word-form\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Derives universals of basic syllable structure and constructs a prosodic theory based on multipolar scales, laying the groundwork for a domain-general approach to gradient interactions\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Shows how to obtain universal and language-particular inventories, identifies the role of optimality in structuring the lexicon, and deals with key foundational issues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the newcomer, this pivotal work serves as an excellent introduction to the principles and practice of Optimality Theory. For the professional audience, it will suggest many directions for further exploration and development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989722087653,"sku":"NP9781405119320","price":176.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405119320.jpg?v=1761785248","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/optimality-theory-isbn-9781405119320","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}