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Optimality theory in phonology: a reader

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Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky’s never-before-published Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar.


  • Compiles the most important readings about Optimality Theory in phonology from some of the most prominent researchers in the field.
  • Contains 33 excerpts spanning a range of topics in phonology and including many never-before-published papers.
  • Includes a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky’s foundational 1993 manuscript Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar.
  • Includes introductory notes and study/research questions for each chapter.

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Product Details
Wiley-Blackwell
0470755520 / 9780470755525
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
414
15/04/2008
England
English
598 pages
176. x 253. mm, 1247 grams
Copy: 40%; print: 40%