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Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 14:03:17
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: Optimality Theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics: Legendre, de Swart, Zaroukian, Putnam (eds.)

 


Title: Optimality Theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/optimality-theoretic-syntax-semantics-and-pragmatics-9780198808954 


Editor: Geraldine Legendre
Editor: Henriette de Swart
Editor: Erin Zaroukian
Editor: Michael T. Putnam

Paperback: ISBN:  9780198808954 Pages: 384 Price: U.S. $ 39.95


Abstract:

This book 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.

Unlike previous work on the topic, this book also takes into account the
question of directionality of grammar. A model of grammar in which
optimization processes interact bidirectionally allows both language
generation-the process of selecting the optimal form of a given meaning-and
language interpretation-the process of optimal interpretation of a given
form-to be taken into account. Chapters in this volume explore the
consequences of both symmetric (unidirectional) and asymmetric (bidirectional)
versions of Optimality Theory, investigating the syntax-semantics interface,
first language acquisition, and sequential bilingual grammars. 

The volume presents cutting edge research in Optimality-Theoretic syntax and
semantics, as well as demonstrating how optimization processes as modelled in
this formalism serve as a viable approach for linguists and scholars in
related fields.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Morphology
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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