MODELING UNGRAMMATICALITY IN OPTIMALITY THEORY

RICE, C. / S. BLAHO, EDS.

ISBN 10: 1845532163 / ISBN 13: 9781845532161

Published by EQUINOX PUBLISHING, LONDON, 2007

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RICE, C. / S. BLAHO, EDS.: MODELING UNGRAMMATICALITY IN OPTIMALITY THEORY. LONDON, 2007, v 297 p. , 460 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (LB-3-5) 460 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MODELING UNGRAMMATICALITY IN OPTIMALITY THEORY
• Publisher: EQUINOX PUBLISHING, LONDON
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845532163
• ISBN 13: 9781845532161
• Binding: Tapa blanda
• Condition: New
• Weight: 460 grams
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistica

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Synopsis

Modeling Ungrammaticality in Optimality Theory presents a collection of papers in phonology and syntax on the topic of ineffability, or absolute ungrammaticality. The papers all contribute new analyses of carefully presented cases, making the book useful for researchers exploring ineffability from any theoretical perspective. The theoretical context for the papers is the analytical challenge which these cases present for Optimality Theory. The architecture of OT takes an input and maps it onto its optimal output. But the cases analyzed in these papers would seem to invite analyses in which an input has no output whatsoever, not even an imperfect one. The papers develop various strategies for modeling this phenomenon, building on proposals in the literature such as the null parse, control theory, the null output, optimal gaps,

About the Author

Curt Rice is Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics at the University of TromsA , Norway. Sylvia Blaho is a graduate student at the University of TromsA , Norway.