| Optimality-Theoretic Syntax: A Declarative Approach: A Declarative Approach Contributor(s): Kuhn, Jonas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1575864266 ISBN-13: 9781575864266 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2003 Annotation: With this book, Jonas Kuhn greatly advances Optimality Theory (OT) by clarifying the significant choices in the design of a formally precise OT approach to syntax. Building on OT work that uses the representation structures of Lexical Functional Grammar (OT-LFG), Kuhn defines the notion of an OT-syntactic grammar in a declarative, non-derivational way.Along with the standard OT architecture, which is based on a generation metaphor, Kuhn also formalizes parsing-based OT, and goes on to discuss possible combinations of these two architectures. This is followed by an examination of assumptions under which the computational tasks of generation and parsing are decidable for an OT-syntactic grammar. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 415.01 |
| LCCN: 2003010791 |
| Series: Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.04" W x 9.1" (0.77 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With this book, Jonas Kuhn greatly advances Optimality Theory (OT) by clarifying the significant choices in the design of a formally precise OT approach to syntax. Building on OT work that uses the representation structures of Lexical Functional Grammar (OT-LFG), Kuhn defines the notion of an OT-syntactic grammar in a declarative, non-derivational way. Along with the standard OT architecture, which is based on a generation metaphor, Kuhn also formalizes parsing-based OT, and goes on to discuss possible combinations of these two architectures. This is followed by an examination of assumptions under which the computational tasks of generation and parsing are decidable for an OT-syntactic grammar. |