[CITATION][C] A thematic guide to Optimality Theory
J McCarthy - Cambridge UP, 2002 - books.google.com
This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the
central premises of OT and the results that follow from them. Examples are drawn from …
central premises of OT and the results that follow from them. Examples are drawn from …
[PDF][PDF] Sentential negation and negative concord
H Zeijlstra - 2004 - pure.mpg.de
Sentential Negation and Negative Concord Page 1 Sentential Negation and Negative
Concord Page 2 Published by LOT phone: +31.30.2536006 Trans 10 fax: +31.30.2536000 …
Concord Page 2 Published by LOT phone: +31.30.2536006 Trans 10 fax: +31.30.2536000 …
[BOOK][B] Movement in language: Interactions and architectures
N Richards - 2001 - books.google.com
This is the most comprehensive, integrated explanation ever published of the properties of
question formations and their variations across languages. Movement in Language …
question formations and their variations across languages. Movement in Language …
Optimality theory in phonological acquisition
JA Barlow, JA Gierut - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999 - ASHA
This tutorial presents an introduction to the contemporary linguistic framework known as
optimality theory (OT). The basic assumptions of this constraint-based theory as a general …
optimality theory (OT). The basic assumptions of this constraint-based theory as a general …
Learnability in optimality theory
B Tesar, P Smolensky - Linguistic inquiry, 1998 - direct.mit.edu
In this article we show how Optimality Theory yields a highly general Constraint Demotion
principle for grammar learning. The resulting learning procedure specifically exploits the …
principle for grammar learning. The resulting learning procedure specifically exploits the …
Gradience in grammar: Experimental and computational aspects of degrees of grammaticality
F Keller - 2000 - rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu
This thesis deals with gradience in grammar, ie, with the fact that some linguistic structures
are not fully acceptable or unacceptable, but receive gradient linguistic judgments. The …
are not fully acceptable or unacceptable, but receive gradient linguistic judgments. The …
[BOOK][B] Optimizing structure in context: Scrambling and information structure
HW Choi - 1996 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation examines the" free" word order or scrambling phenomena in German and
Korean from the perspective of constraint interaction in Optimality Theory. To overcome the …
Korean from the perspective of constraint interaction in Optimality Theory. To overcome the …
Coactivation in bilingual grammars: A computational account of code mixing
A large body of research into bilingualism has revealed that language processing is
fundamentally non-selective; there is simultaneous, graded co-activation of mental …
fundamentally non-selective; there is simultaneous, graded co-activation of mental …
[BOOK][B] Structural markedness and syntactic structure: A study of word order and the left periphery in Mexican Spanish
R Gutiérrez-Bravo - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS Edited by Lawrence Horn Yale
University Aroutledge SERIES Copyrighted Material Page 3 STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS …
University Aroutledge SERIES Copyrighted Material Page 3 STUDIES IN LINGUISTICS …
Presentational focus and thematic structure in comparative Bantu
K Demuth, S Mmusi - 1997 - degruyter.com
Locative Inversion has often been treated äs an unaccusativity phenomenon in languages
äs typologically different äs English and Chichewa (for example Bresnan 1990). Yet Bantu …
äs typologically different äs English and Chichewa (for example Bresnan 1990). Yet Bantu …