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Optimality-Theoretic Syntax

Author : Geraldine Legendre
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262263504
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Optimality-Theoretic Syntax written by Geraldine Legendre and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001-06-22 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent work in theoretical syntax has revealed the strong explanatory power of the notions of economy, competition, and optimization. Building grammars entirely upon these elements, Optimality Theory syntax provides a theory of universal grammar with a formally precise and strongly restricted theory of universal typology: cross-linguistic variation arises exclusively from the conflict among universal principles.Beginning with a general introduction to Optimality Theory syntax, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, as represented by the work of the leading developers of the theory. The broad range of topics treated includes morphosyntax (case, inflection, voice, and cliticization), the syntax of reference (control, anaphora, and pronominalization), the gammar of clauses (complementizers and their absence), and grammatical and discourse effects in word order. Among the theoretical themes running throughout are the interplay between faithfulness and markedness, and various questions of typology and of inventory. Contributors Peter Ackema, Judith Aissen, Eric Bakovic, Joan Bresnan, Hye-Won Choi, João Costa, Jane Grimshaw, Edward Keer, Géraldine Legendre, Gereon Müller, Ad Neeleman, Vieri Samek-Lodovici, Peter Sells, Margaret Speas, Sten Vikner, Colin Wilson, Ellen Woolford

Optimality Theory

Author : Rene Kager
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521589802
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Optimality Theory written by Rene Kager and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-28 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introduction to Optimality Theory, whose central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. A surface form is 'optimal' if it incurs the least serious violations of a set of constraints, taking into account their hierarchical ranking. Languages differ in the ranking of constraints; and any violations must be minimal. The book does not limit its empirical scope to phonological phenomena, but also contains chapters on the learnability of OT grammars; OT's implications for syntax; and other issues such as opacity. It also reviews in detail a selection of the considerable research output which OT has already produced. Exercises accompany chapters 1-7, and there are sections on further reading. Optimality Theory will be welcomed by any linguist with a basic knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology.

Optimality Theory

Author : Joost Dekkers (linguiste)
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198238447
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality Theory by : Joost Dekkers (linguiste)

Download or read book Optimality Theory written by Joost Dekkers (linguiste) and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimality theory has revolutionized phonological theory, and its insights are now being applied to other central aspects of language. This book presents the results of research as applied to syntax/language acquisition, as well as considering the main lines of attack by rule-based grammarians.

Optimality Conditions: Abnormal and Degenerate Problems

Author : Aram Arutyunov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792366553
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (665 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality Conditions: Abnormal and Degenerate Problems by : Aram Arutyunov

Download or read book Optimality Conditions: Abnormal and Degenerate Problems written by Aram Arutyunov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to one of the main questions of the theory of extremal problems, namely, to necessary and sufficient extremality conditions. The book consists of four parts. First, the abstract minimization problem with constraints is studied. The next chapter is devoted to one of the most important classes of extremal problems, the optimal control problem. Next, one of the main objects of the calculus of variations is studied, the integral quadratic form. Finally, local properties of smooth nonlinear mappings in a neighborhood of an abnormal point will be discussed. Audience: The book is intended for researchers interested in optimization problems. The book may also be useful for advanced students and postgraduate students.

Optimality

Author : Javier Rojo
Publisher : IMS
ISBN 13 : 9780940600652
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality by : Javier Rojo

Download or read book Optimality written by Javier Rojo and published by IMS. This book was released on 2006 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume presents a collection of refereed papers dealing with the issue of optimality in several areas including: multiple testing, transformation models, competing risks, regression trees, density estimation, copulas, and robustness.

Optimality Theory

Author : Alan Prince
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470759399
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Optimality Theory written by Alan Prince and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the final version of the widely-circulated 1993 Technical Report that introduces a conception of grammar in which well-formedness is defined as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints. Final version of the widely circulated 1993 Technical Report that was the seminal work in Optimality Theory, never before available in book format. Serves as an excellent introduction to the principles and practice of Optimality Theory. Offers proposals and analytic commentary that suggest many directions for further development for the professional.

Optimality in Biological and Artificial Networks?

Author : Daniel S. Levine
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134786387
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality in Biological and Artificial Networks? by : Daniel S. Levine

Download or read book Optimality in Biological and Artificial Networks? written by Daniel S. Levine and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the third in a series based on conferences sponsored by the Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics, an interdisciplinary organization of neural network professionals in academia and industry. The topics selected are of broad interest to both those interested in designing machines to perform intelligent functions and those interested in studying how these functions are actually performed by living organisms and generate discussion of basic and controversial issues in the study of mind. The topic of optimality was chosen because it has provoked considerable discussion and controversy in many different academic fields. There are several aspects to the issue of optimality. First, is it true that actual behavior and cognitive functions of living animals, including humans, can be considered as optimal in some sense? Second, what is the utility function for biological organisms, if any, and can it be described mathematically? Rather than organize the chapters on a "biological versus artificial" basis or by what stance they took on optimality, it seemed more natural to organize them either by what level of questions they posed or by what intelligent functions they dealt with. The book begins with some general frameworks for discussing optimality, or the lack of it, in biological or artificial systems. The next set of chapters deals with some general mathematical and computational theories that help to clarify what the notion of optimality might entail in specific classes of networks. The final section deals with optimality in the context of many different high-level issues, including exploring one's environment, understanding mental illness, linguistic communication, and social organization. The diversity of topics covered in this book is designed to stimulate interdisciplinary thinking and speculation about deep problems in intelligent system organization.

Optimality Theory in Phonology

Author : John J. McCarthy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470755520
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality Theory in Phonology by : John J. McCarthy

Download or read book Optimality Theory in Phonology written by John J. McCarthy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky’s never-before-published Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar. Compiles the most important readings about Optimality Theory in phonology from some of the most prominent researchers in the field. Contains 33 excerpts spanning a range of topics in phonology and including many never-before-published papers. Includes a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky’s foundational 1993 manuscript Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar. Includes introductory notes and study/research questions for each chapter.

Optimality Theory and Language Change

Author : D.E. Holt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401001952
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality Theory and Language Change by : D.E. Holt

Download or read book Optimality Theory and Language Change written by D.E. Holt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses many optimization and linguistic issues in great detail. It treats the history of a variety of languages, including English, French, Germanic, Galician/ Portuguese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish and shows that the application of Optimality Theory allows for innovative and improved analyses. It contains a complete bibliography on OT and language change. It is of interest to historical linguists, researchers into OT and linguistic theory, and phonologists and syntacticians with an interest in historical change.

Doing Optimality Theory

Author : John J. McCarthy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444358057
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Doing Optimality Theory written by John J. McCarthy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing Optimality Theory brings together examples and practical, detailed advice for undergraduates and graduate students working in linguistics. Given that the basic premises of Optimality Theory are markedly different from other linguistic theories, this book presents the analytic techniques and new ways of thinking and theorizing that are required. Explains how to do analysis and research using Optimality Theory (OT) - a branch of phonology that has revolutionized the field since its conception in 1993 Offers practical, in-depth advice for students and researchers in the field, presented in an engaging way Features numerous examples, questions, and exercises throughout, all helping to illustrate the theory and summarize the core concepts of OT Written by John J. McCarthy, one of the theory’s leading proponents and an instrumental figure in the dissemination and use of OT today An ideal guide through the intricacies of linguistic analysis and research for beginning researchers, and, by example, one which will lead the way to future developments in the field.

Adaptationism and Optimality

Author : Steven Hecht Orzack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521598361
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (983 download)

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Book Synopsis Adaptationism and Optimality by : Steven Hecht Orzack

Download or read book Adaptationism and Optimality written by Steven Hecht Orzack and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays are intended to provide useful advice to "biologists in the trenches" but also to assess the larger theoretical and conceptual issues that form the basis of the current controversy." "This volume will serve to substantially advance the debate over adaptationism. It will be of interest to biologists, philosophers and historians of biology, anthropologists, psychologists, and cognitive scientists."--BOOK JACKET.

Optimality Justifications

Author : Gerhard Schurz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198887558
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Optimality Justifications written by Gerhard Schurz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading idea of epistemology in the Enlightenment tradition was foundation-theoretic: to reach knowledge, we must not legitimize our beliefs by external authorities, but instead justify them by rational arguments. Recently, the foundation-theoretic ideal of justification has come under attack, the chief criticism being that universal standards of justification are illusory because the problem of a regress of justification is unsolvable. Alternatives to foundation theory (coherentism, externalism, or dogmatism) have been developed that give up central claims of Enlightenment epistemology such as empirical support, cognitive accessibility, or rational justifiability. Optimality Justifications develops a new account of foundation-theoretic epistemology based on the method of optimality justifications. Optimality justifications offer a solution to the regress problem. Rather than striving for a priori demonstrations of reliability, which are impossible, they show that certain epistemic methods are optimal with regard to all accessible alternatives, which is more modestly but provably possible. In particular, optimality justifications can achieve a non-circular justification of deductive, inductive, and abductive reasoning. This volume pursues two goals: a general renewal of foundation-theoretic epistemology based on the account of optimality justifications, and the advancement of methods of optimality justification in important domains of epistemology and the philosophy of science, logic, and cognition. Connected with these goals is the aspiration to develop new ideas for mainstream epistemology, as well as for formal epistemology, philosophy of science, and cognitive science, which are intended to attract researchers, students, and all other readers interested in these fields.

Bidirectional Optimality Theory

Author : Anton Benz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027284520
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Bidirectional Optimality Theory written by Anton Benz and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bidirectional Optimality Theory (BiOT) emerged at the turn of the millennium as a fusion of Radical Pragmatics and Optimality Theoretic Semantics. It stirred a wealth of new research in the pragmatics‑semantics interface and heavily influenced e.g. the development of evolutionary and game theoretic approaches. Optimality Theory holds that linguistic output can be understood as the optimized products of ranked constraints. At the centre of BiOT is the insight that this optimisation has to take place both in production and interpretation, and that the production-interpretation cycle has to lead back to the original input. BiOT is now generally interpreted as a description of diachronically stable and cognitively optimal form–meaning pairs. It found applications beyond the semantics-pragmatics interface in language acquisition, historical linguistics, phonology, syntax, and typology. This book provides a state of the art overview of these developments. It collects nine chapters by leading scientists in the field.

Optimality Conditions in Vector Optimization

Author : Manuel Arana Jiménez
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608051102
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality Conditions in Vector Optimization by : Manuel Arana Jiménez

Download or read book Optimality Conditions in Vector Optimization written by Manuel Arana Jiménez and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vector optimization is continuously needed in several science fields, particularly in economy, business, engineering, physics and mathematics. The evolution of these fields depends, in part, on the improvements in vector optimization in mathematical programming. The aim of this Ebook is to present the latest developments in vector optimization. The contributions have been written by some of the most eminent researchers in this field of mathematical programming. The Ebook is considered essential for researchers and students in this field.

A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory

Author : John J. McCarthy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521796446
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (964 download)

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Book Synopsis A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory by : John J. McCarthy

Download or read book A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory written by John J. McCarthy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains and explores the central premises of OT and the results of their praxis.

Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology

Author : Fernando Martínez-Gil
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027292620
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology by : Fernando Martínez-Gil

Download or read book Optimality-Theoretic Studies in Spanish Phonology written by Fernando Martínez-Gil and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding volume offers the first comprehensive collection of optimality-theoretic studies in Spanish phonology. Bringing together most of the best-known researchers in the field, it presents a state-of-the-art overview of research in Spanish phonology within the non-derivational framework of optimality theory. The book is structured around six major areas of phonological research: phonetics–phonology interface, segmental phonology, syllable structure and stress, morphophonology, language variation and change, and language acquisition, including general as well as more specialized articles. The reader is guided through the volume with the help of the introduction and a detailed index. The book will serve as core reading for advanced graduate-level phonology courses and seminars in Spanish linguistics, and in general linguistics phonology courses. It will also constitute an essential reference for researchers in phonology, phonological theory, and Spanish, and related areas, such as language acquisition, bilingualism, education, and speech and hearing science.

Optimality Conditions in Convex Optimization

Author : Anulekha Dhara
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439868220
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Optimality Conditions in Convex Optimization written by Anulekha Dhara and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimality Conditions in Convex Optimization explores an important and central issue in the field of convex optimization: optimality conditions. It brings together the most important and recent results in this area that have been scattered in the literature—notably in the area of convex analysis—essential in developing many of the important results in this book, and not usually found in conventional texts. Unlike other books on convex optimization, which usually discuss algorithms along with some basic theory, the sole focus of this book is on fundamental and advanced convex optimization theory. Although many results presented in the book can also be proved in infinite dimensions, the authors focus on finite dimensions to allow for much deeper results and a better understanding of the structures involved in a convex optimization problem. They address semi-infinite optimization problems; approximate solution concepts of convex optimization problems; and some classes of non-convex problems which can be studied using the tools of convex analysis. They include examples wherever needed, provide details of major results, and discuss proofs of the main results.