Available for the first time in book form, Prince and Smolensky's
"Optimality Theory" is "the" seminal work in the field. This
influential work:
- Defines grammatical well-formedness as optimality with respect
to a ranked set of universal constraints
- Presents the theory both through examples and formally,
emphasizing its core commitments: strict domination, the
Markedness/Faithfulness distinction, strong universality of the
constraint set, interlinguistic variation as variation in
ranking
- Illuminates generalization patterns shared across empirically
diverse phenomena ranging from epenthesis to infixation to complex
dependencies among prominence, syllabification, stress and
word-form
- Derives universals of basic syllable structure and constructs
a prosodic theory based on multipolar scales, laying the groundwork
for a domain-general approach to gradient interactions
- Shows how to obtain universal and language-particular
inventories, identifies the role of optimality in structuring the
lexicon, and deals with key foundational issues.
For the newcomer, this pivotal work serves as an excellent
introduction to the principles and practice of Optimality Theory.
For the professional audience, it will suggest many directions for
further exploration and development.
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