- 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.
Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader
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Author(s)John J. McCarthy
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN0631226893
ISBN-139780631226895
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Sales Rank1,409,305
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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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.