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Author : Hans Broekhuis,Ralf Vogel
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 9783940793614
Author : Hans Broekhuis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Generative grammar
ISBN : 3939469548
Author : Hans Broekhuis,Ralf Vogel
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCBK:C110202488
This volume focuses on the role of the postulated derivational and filtering devices in current linguistic theory and aims to promote the exchange of ideas between the proponents of MP and OT in order to evaluate the role of these devices in the two frameworks. It sheds more light on the tenability of the often proclaimed opinion that MP and OT are incompatible frameworks given that the explanatory power of the former mainly resides on the generative device whereas the explanatory power of the latter mainly resides in the filtering device. Papers from various perspectives discuss and compare the two devices in the two frameworks. The volume thus collects a large number of the arguments in favour of more a strictly derivational approach, a more strictly filtering approach, or a more hybrid approach. The book will be of interest to any researcher or advanced student in Linguistic Theory. It is more specifically directed to syntacticians working within the current frameworks that have developed from Chomsky's minimalist program (MP) and Prince and Smolensky's Optimality Theory (OT).
Author : Arthur Stepanov,Gisbert Fanselow,Ralf Vogel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197365
The volume is a collection of 12 papers which focus on empirical and theoretical issues associated with syntactic phenomena falling under the rubric of Relativized Minimality (Rizzi 1990) or, in more recent terms, Minimal Link Condition (MLC, Chomsky 1995). The bulk of the papers are based on the ideas presented at the Workshop "Minimal Link Effects in Minimalist and Optimality Theoretic Syntax" which took place at the University of Potsdam on March 21-22, 2002. All contributors are prominent specialists in the topic of syntactic Minimality. The empirical phenomena brought to bear on Minimality/MLC in the present volume include, but not limited to: Superiority effects in multiple wh-questions, including those with 'D-linked' wh-phrase(s) (Müller, Haida, Haider) Stylistic Fronting in Germanic and Romance (Fisher, Poole) Transitive sentences in Hindi-type ergative languages (Stepanov) Word order 'freezing' effects in double-nominative constructions in Korean (Lee) Double object constructions in Greek (Anagnostoupoulou) Remnant constituent displacement in German and Japanese (Hale and Legendre) Nine of the proposed accounts are couched in the Minimalist framework (Chomsky 1995, 2000, 2001), three in the framework of Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993). Thematically, the contributions divide into three groups addressing the following major questions: How can apparent violations of syntactic Minimality/MLC be accounted for? (Haida, Stepanov, Poole, Fisher, Anagnostopoulou) What is the status of MLC? Is it a primitive or a theorem in the grammar? (Müller, Fanselow, Lechner, Vogel, Lee, Haider) Can Minimality phenomena shed decisive evidence in favor of a derivational (Minimalist type) or a representational (Optimality theory like) framework? (Hale and Legendre, Haider)
Author : Alan Prince,Paul Smolensky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780470759394
This book is the final version of the widely-circulated 1993 Technical Report that introduces a conception of grammar in which well-formedness is defined as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints. Final version of the widely circulated 1993 Technical Report that was the seminal work in Optimality Theory, never before available in book format. Serves as an excellent introduction to the principles and practice of Optimality Theory. Offers proposals and analytic commentary that suggest many directions for further development for the professional.
Author : Reinhard Blutner,Anne Bezuidenhout,Richard Breheny,Sam Glucksberg,Francesca Happé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230501409
Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book is intended to satisfy the needs of students and professional researchers interested in pragmatics and optimality theory, and will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of formal pragmatics with grammar, semantics, philosophy of language, information theory and cognitive psychology.
Author : John J. McCarthy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 052179644X
Explains and explores the central premises of OT and the results of their praxis.
Author : Rene Kager
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521589800
This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. A surface form is 'optimal' if it incurs the least serious violations of a set of constraints, taking into account their hierarchical ranking. Languages differ in the ranking of constraints; and any violations must be minimal. The book does not limit its empirical scope to phonological phenomena, but also contains chapters on the learnability of OT grammars; OT's implications for syntax; and other issues such as opacity. It also reviews in detail a selection of the considerable research output which OT has already produced. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology.
Author : Tibor Kiss
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110363708
The handbook offers an overview of syntactic theory and analysis, in terms of different theories, different languages, and different methods. The Handbook presents the state of art in syntactic analysis, also dealing with the methodology employed, and the rules of argumentation required to achieve such analyses for a wide range of phenomena.
Author : Joost Dekkers (linguiste),Frank Reinoud Hugo van der Leeuw,Jeroen Maarten van de Weijer
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198238444
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.
Author : John J. McCarthy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781444358056
Doing Optimality Theory brings together examples and practical, detailed advice for undergraduates and graduate students working in linguistics. Given that the basic premises of Optimality Theory are markedly different from other linguistic theories, this book presents the analytic techniques and new ways of thinking and theorizing that are required. Explains how to do analysis and research using Optimality Theory (OT) - a branch of phonology that has revolutionized the field since its conception in 1993 Offers practical, in-depth advice for students and researchers in the field, presented in an engaging way Features numerous examples, questions, and exercises throughout, all helping to illustrate the theory and summarize the core concepts of OT Written by John J. McCarthy, one of the theory’s leading proponents and an instrumental figure in the dissemination and use of OT today An ideal guide through the intricacies of linguistic analysis and research for beginning researchers, and, by example, one which will lead the way to future developments in the field.
Author : D.E. Holt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401001953
This work discusses many optimization and linguistic issues in great detail. It treats the history of a variety of languages, including English, French, Germanic, Galician/ Portuguese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish and shows that the application of Optimality Theory allows for innovative and improved analyses. It contains a complete bibliography on OT and language change. It is of interest to historical linguists, researchers into OT and linguistic theory, and phonologists and syntacticians with an interest in historical change.
Author : Randall Hendrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780470758199
Minimalist Syntax is a collection of essays that analyze major syntactic processes in a variety of languages, all unified by their perspective from within the Minimalist Program. Introduces important concepts in the Minimalist approach to syntactic theory. Emphasizes empirical consequences of the Minimalist approach through innovative analyses. Highlights the importance of Minimalist syntax in explaining features of natural languages. Includes contributions from leading syntacticians.
Author : Jairo Nunes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289537
This collection of papers discusses some of the major syntactic properties of Brazilian Portuguese from a minimalist perspective. The volume focuses on movement and empty category issues and brings new empirical material on a variety of topics (null subjects and finite control, possessive and existential constructions, factive constructions, relative clauses, null objects and stress shift, preposition duplication, VP topicalization, and ellipsis). The book is of interest to a wide spectrum of linguists working on theoretical and comparative syntax.
Author : Peter Kosta,Steven L. Franks,Teodora Radeva-Bork,Lilia Schürcks
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270061
The Minimalist Program is just that, a “program”. It is a challenge for syntacticians to reexamine the constructs of their models and ask what is minimally needed in order to accomplish the essential task of syntax – interfacing between form and meaning. This volume pushes Minimalism to its empirical and theoretical limits, and brings together some of the most innovative and radical ideas to have emerged in the attempt to reduce Universal Grammar to the bare output conditions imposed by these conceptually necessary interfaces. The contributors include both leading theoreticians and well-known practitioners of minimalism; the papers thus both respond to broad questions about the nature of human language and the architecture of grammar, and provide careful analyses of specific linguistic problems. Overarching issues of syntactic computation are considered, such as the role of formal features, the mechanics of movement and the property of displacement, the construction of words and phrases, the nature of Spell-Out, and, more generally, the forces driving operations. The volume has the potential to reach a wide audience, favoring inter-theoretical debate with a concise state-of-the-art panorama on Minimalism and advances about its future developments.
