Formal and Empirical Issues in Optimality Theoretic Syntax: 5 (Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism) - Softcover

Sells, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575862441 ISBN 13: 9781575862446

Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 2001

Synopsis

This book collects recent work in OT-LFG (Optimality Theoretic Lexical Functional Grammar) which is developing the empirical coverage of the approach as well as the formal foundations of the OT approach. The papers deal with phenomena in a wide range of languages, including English, Fore, Hindi, Kashmiri, Korean, Marathi. Central to the general approach is the issue of typological implication and the notion of markedness. Additionally, some papers here take up issues related to language production and comprehension (in terms of bidirectional optimization), and some explore the formal foundations. This is a collection of papers which involve a new approach to syntax bringing together Optimality Theory (OT) and Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG). Its importance is precisely in this new approach, which differs from other OT approaches to syntax.

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Book Description

This is a collection of papers which involve a new approach to syntax bringing together Optimality Theory (OT) and Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG). Its importance is precisely in this new approach, which differs from other OT approaches to syntax.

About the Author

Miriam Butt is professor for general and computational linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1575862441
• ISBN 13: 9781575862446
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 325