John J Mccarthy

Optimality Theory in Phonology

A Reader
Ed. by John J. McCarthy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 620
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1095g
• ISBN-13: 9780631226895
• ISBN-10: 0631226893
• Artikelnr.: 13617440

Autorenporträt

John J. McCarthy is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His widely cited but unpublished manuscript "Prosodic Morphology I: Constraint Interaction and Satisfaction" (with Alan Prince, 1993) has been an important factor in the dissemination of Optimality Theory.He is also the author of Formal Problems in Semitic Phonology and Morphology (1985) and A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.

Author Addresses.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: The Basics.

Part II: Formal Analysis.

Part III: Prosody.

Part IV: Segmental Phonology.

Part V: Interfaces.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"This is the book we have all been waiting for. By 'we' I meaneverybody who is not a cutting-edge researcher in OT phonology butwho hopes to become one, or who needs to know about OT in order toteach phonology in an up-to-date fashion, or who is interested inwhat has been perhaps the most vigorous and fruitful trend ingenerative linguistic theory in the last decade." The LinguistList

"Optimality Theory in Phonology goes far beyond the trite'required reading for linguists' seen on many bookjackets. John McCarthy's introductions to each chapter and studyquestions/discussion points at the end create a volume that iscoherent, thought-provoking, and fun. The selection of articlesincluded, the careful editing, and the thoughtful organization ofthe chapters render this work invaluable. The result is a clearthree-way focus on the precise nature of the theory itself, itsimplications, and its empirical justification." DianaArchangeli, University of Arizona

"By carefully selecting and editing the most relevant andinfluential papers of the early years of Optimality Theory, JohnMcCarthy accomplishes the unlikely feat of combining the depth ofthe original articles with the comprehensive coverage of awell-balanced textbook. His graded 'study and research questions'will both guide the novice and challenge the expert." PaulBoersma, University of Amsterdam