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Die von A. Prince, P. Smolensky und J. McCarthy seit Beginn der 90er Jahre entwickelte Optimalitätstheorie wird als die linguistische Theorie der Jahrtausendwende angesehen und hat über die Grenzen der Sprachwissenschaft hinaus breites Interesse gefunden. Dennoch existierte bislang noch keine systematische Einführung in die optimalitätstheoretische Syntax. Das vorliegende Buch schließt diese Lücke. Zentrale Elemente der Theorie wie Verletzbarkeit, Konflikt und Ordnung von syntaktischen Beschränkungen werden anhand von Beispielsätzen entwickelt – schwerpunktmäßig in empirischen Bereichen, in denen die Unterschiede dieser Syntax zu anderen Syntaxmodellen besonders deutlich werden. Damit liegt eine umfassende Darstellung der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen dieses neuen Syntaxmodells vor, dessen Kenntnis für all diejenigen unverzichtbar ist, die an moderner Grammatiktheorie interessiert sind.

Optimality theory (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Syntax. --- Optimality theory (Linguistics). --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax.

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Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are well known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction or place assimilation. However, there are also cases of neutralization that affect only strong positions, as when stressed syllables must be heavy, default stress is inserted into roots, or word-initial onsets must be low in sonority. In this book, Jennifer Smith shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization effects because they always serve to augment the strong position with a perceptually salient characteristic. Formally, positional augmentation effects are modeled by means of markedness constraints relativized to strong positions. Because positional augmentation constraints are subject to certain substantive restrictions, as seen in their connection to perceptual salience, this study has implications for the relationship between functional grounding and phonological theory.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Psycholinguistics. --- Optimality theory (Linguistics) --- Phonology.

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This volume presents a series of original papers focusing on the theme of phonological argumentation, set within the framework of Optimality Theory.

Optimality theory (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Morphology. --- Phonology.

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Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are well known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction or place assimilation. However, there are also cases of neutralization that affect only strong positions, as when stressed syllables must be heavy, default stress is inserted into roots, or word-initial onsets must be low in sonority. In this book, Jennifer Smith shows that phonological processes specific to strong positions are distinct from those involved in classic positional neutralization effects because they always serve to augment the strong position with a perceptually salient characteristic. Formally, positional augmentation effects are modeled by means of markedness constraints relativized to strong positions. Because positional augmentation constraints are subject to certain substantive restrictions, as seen in their connection to perceptual salience, this study has implications for the relationship between functional grounding and phonological theory.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Psycholinguistics. --- Optimality theory (Linguistics) --- Phonology.

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Optimality theory has rapidly become the dominant framework in formal phonological theory. OT fundamentally revises the basic notions of generative grammar, replacing rules and derivations with a system of interacting constraints. Early work in OT tended to concentrate mainly on prosodic phonology and the phonology-morphology interface, and it was not initially clear how the theory could attack the rich range of phenomena found in segmental alterations. However, there is a body of work that concentrates on working out the details of featural phonology with OT, and this work shows that the theory allows superior explanations of the typological possibilities and the underlying motivations for these phenomena. This volume, first published in 2001, brings together work by some of the influential researchers in this area, ranging from the authors of influential dissertations to prominent senior faculty.

Phonetics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Optimality theory (Linguistics) --- Phonology. --- Optimality theory (Linguistics). --- Optimality (Linguistics) --- Optimization (Linguistics) --- Generative grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology --- Phonology