Optimality-theoretic syntax, semantics, and pragmatics: from uni- to bidirectional optimization

This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of Optimality Theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of...

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Other Authors: Legendre, Géraldine 1953- (Editor), Putnam, Michael T. 1976- (Editor), Swart, Henriëtte de 1961- (Editor), Zaroukian, Erin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018
Edition:First published in paperback
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics 61
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Summary:This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of Optimality Theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of conflicting, violable ranked constraints
Physical Description:xii, 364 Seiten Breite 155 mm, Hoehe 233 mm, Dicke 21 mm
ISBN:9780198808954
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