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Article: Introducing optimality theory
Title | Introducing optimality theory |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Constraints Linguistics Phonology Tibetan Tonkawa Universal Grammar |
Issue Date | 1999 |
Publisher | Annual Reviews. The Journal's web site is located at http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/anthro |
Citation | Annual Review Of Anthropology, 1999, v. 28, p. 531-552 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Optimality theory was introduced in the early 1990s as an alternative model of the organization of natural human language sound systems. This article provides an introduction to the model for the nonlinguist. The basic principles of optimality theory are introduced and explained (GEN, CON, and EVAL). Three important constraint families are explored (Faithfulness, Alignment, and Markedness). Illustrations are provided involving syllabification and vowel harmony in Tibetan and prosodic phonotactics in Tonkawa. The article closes with two general discussions. The first addresses recurring issues in phonological and linguistic analysis and sketches how optimality theory might account for these. The second points out how the explanations arrived at through optimality theory are providing new answers to familiar questions, as well as raising new questions for study. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183406 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.053 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Archangeli, DB | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-27T07:12:53Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-27T07:12:53Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Annual Review Of Anthropology, 1999, v. 28, p. 531-552 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0084-6570 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183406 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Optimality theory was introduced in the early 1990s as an alternative model of the organization of natural human language sound systems. This article provides an introduction to the model for the nonlinguist. The basic principles of optimality theory are introduced and explained (GEN, CON, and EVAL). Three important constraint families are explored (Faithfulness, Alignment, and Markedness). Illustrations are provided involving syllabification and vowel harmony in Tibetan and prosodic phonotactics in Tonkawa. The article closes with two general discussions. The first addresses recurring issues in phonological and linguistic analysis and sketches how optimality theory might account for these. The second points out how the explanations arrived at through optimality theory are providing new answers to familiar questions, as well as raising new questions for study. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Annual Reviews. The Journal's web site is located at http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/anthro | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Annual Review of Anthropology | en_US |
dc.subject | Constraints | en_US |
dc.subject | Linguistics | en_US |
dc.subject | Phonology | en_US |
dc.subject | Tibetan | en_US |
dc.subject | Tonkawa | en_US |
dc.subject | Universal Grammar | en_US |
dc.title | Introducing optimality theory | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Archangeli, DB: darchang@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Archangeli, DB=rp01748 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-1542740559 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-1542740559&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 28 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 531 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 552 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000084556800022 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Archangeli, DB=16426886100 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0084-6570 | - |