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

Sells, Peter

ISBN 10: 1575862433 / ISBN 13: 9781575862439

Published by Center for the Study of Language and Inf, 2001

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Title: Formal and Empirical Issues in Optimality ...

Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

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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.

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.