Optimality-theoretic syntax, semantics, and pragmatics : from uni- to bidirectional optimization /

This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of optimality theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Legendre, Géraldine, Putnam, Michael T., Swart, Henriëtte de, Zaroukian, Erin
Weitere Verfasser:
Legendre, Géraldine (HerausgeberIn), Putnam, Michael T. (HerausgeberIn), Swart, Henriëtte de (HerausgeberIn), Zaroukian, Erin (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of optimality theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of conflicting, violable ranked constraints.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 364 pages) : illlustrations
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-107418-7
0-19-181702-3
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