Optimality Theory is an exciting new approach to linguistic analysis that originated in phonology but was soon taken up in syntax, morphology, and other fields of linguistics. Optimality Theory presents a clear vision of the universal properties underlying the vast surface typological variety in the world's languages. Cross-linguistic differences once relegated to idiosyncratic language-specific rules can now be understood as the result of different priority rankings among universal, but violable constraints on grammar.
Advances in Optimality Theory is a new series designed to stimulate and promote research in this provocative new framework. It will provide a central outlet for the best new work by both established and younger scholars in this rapidly moving field. The series includes studies with a broad typological focus, studies dedicated to the detailed analysis of individual languages, and studies on the nature of Optimality Theory itself. Contributions in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and other fields are welcome. The series publishes theoretical work in the form of monographs and coherent edited collections as well as pedagogical texts and reference texts that promote the dissemination of Optimality Theory.
Consultant Board:
Judith Aissen, University of California, Santa Cruz
Daniel Büring, University of California, Los Angeles
Gisbert Fanselow, University of Potsdam
Jane Grimshaw, Rutgers University
Géraldine Legendre, Johns Hopkins University
John J. McCarthy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Alan Prince, Rutgers University
Paul Smolensky, Johns Hopkins University
Donca Steriade, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Moira Yip, University College London
10 book(s) found. Click on a book title to view further details