| Paradigmatic Effects Contributor(s): Kiparsky, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575861976 ISBN-13: 9781575861975 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology - Science |
| Dewey: 414 |
| LCCN: 2001037833 |
| Physical Information: 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stratal Optimality Theory (SOT) is a comprehensive theory of sound structure and its relation to word structure that integrates the complementary theoretical insights of lexical phonology and classical optimality theory. Paradigms and Opacity explores the many facets of SOT. Volume One focuses on constraint interaction and provides a principled solution to the problem of opacity: how, why, and when do constraints systematically apply where they apparently shouldn't, or fail to apply where they apparently should? Analyzing evidence from a variety of languages--including English, Finnish, Arabic, Yowlumne Yokuts, Kashaya, Maltese, Dutch, Basque, Tigrinya, Spanish, and Catalan--Paul Kiparsky compares SOT with alternative theories, arguing that it is formally cleaner and makes better sense of a range of empirical phenomena. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kiparsky, Paul: - Paul Kiparsky is the Robert M. and Anne T. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. |