Optimality Theory - Phonology, Syntax, and Acquisition

Optimality theory has revolutionized phonological theory, and its insights are now being applied to other central aspects of language. This book presents the results of research as applied to syntax/language acquisition, as well as considering the main lines of attack by rule-based grammarians.

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• Authors: Joost (Research Assistant in Syntax Dekkers, Joost Leeuw Dekkers
• Assisted by: Joost Dekkers (Editor), Dekkers Joost (Editor), Frank van der Leeuw (Editor), Frank Van Der Leeuw (Editor), Jeroen van de Weijer (Editor), Jeroen Van De Wejir (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780198238447
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823844-7
• No. of pages: 648
• Series: Oxford Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Language acquisition, Grammar, syntax and morphology