34.3246, Books: Optimal Linking Grammar: Galbraith (2023)

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Date: 19-Oct-2023
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Optimal Linking Grammar: Galbraith (2023) 


Title: Optimal Linking Grammar
Subtitle: A Theory of Morphosyntax
Series Title: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 170
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/langua
ges-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/optimal-linking-grammar-theory-morp
hosyntax-volume-170?format=HB

author: Daniel Galbraith
Hardback: ISBN: 9781316516591 Price: U.S. $ 125.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781316516591 Price: U.K. £ 95.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781316516591 Price: Europe EURO 110.87
Abstract:

Supported by data from linguistic fieldwork conducted in the Faroe
Islands and Iceland, this book presents a pioneering approach to
syntactic analysis, 'Optimal Linking Grammar' (OLG), which brings
together two existing models, Linking Theory and Optimality Theory
(OT). OT, which assumes spoken language to be based on the
highest-ranking outcome from a number of competing underlying
constraints, has been central mainly to phonology; however its
application to syntax has also gained ground in recent years. OLG not
only provides a robust account of case-marking phenomena in Faroese
and Icelandic; it also explains a wide range of sentence types,
including passives, ditransitives, object shift, and word order
variation. The book demonstrates how OLG can resolve numerous issues
in competing theories of formal syntax, and how it might be
successfully applied to other languages in future research. It is
essential reading for researchers and students in syntax, morphology,
sociolinguistics, and European languages.

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)

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