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Optimality Theory and Pragmatics

Author : Reinhard Blutner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230501400
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Optimality Theory and Pragmatics written by Reinhard Blutner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-12-19 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book is intended to satisfy the needs of students and professional researchers interested in pragmatics and optimality theory, and will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of formal pragmatics with grammar, semantics, philosophy of language, information theory and cognitive psychology.

Optimality-theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics

Author : Géraldine Legendre
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198757115
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality-theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics by : Géraldine Legendre

Download or read book Optimality-theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics written by Géraldine Legendre and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book 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. Unlike previous work on the topic, this book also takes into account the question of directionality of grammar. A model of grammar in which optimization processes interact bidirectionally allows both language generation-the process of selecting the optimal form of a given meaning-and language interpretation-the process of optimal interpretation of a given form-to be taken into account. Chapters in this volume explore the consequences of both symmetric (unidirectional) and asymmetric (bidirectional) versions of Optimality Theory, investigating the syntax-semantics interface, first language acquisition, and sequential bilingual grammars. The volume presents cutting edge research in Optimality-Theoretic syntax and semantics, as well as demonstrating how optimization processes as modelled in this formalism serve as a viable approach for linguists and scholars in related 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 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.

Conflicts in Interpretation

Author : Petra Hendriks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Conflicts in Interpretation written by Petra Hendriks and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Optimality Theory

Author : Diana Archangeli
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631202264
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Optimality Theory written by Diana Archangeli and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-07-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first general introduction to optimality theory -- arguably the d linguistic theory of the 1990s. The book leads the reader to an understanding of optimality theory via the exploration and resolution of specific problems in phonology, morphology, and syntax, but presumes virtually no background knowledge in linguistics.

Conflicts in Interpretation

Author : Helen De Hoop
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (Indonesia)
ISBN 13 : 9781845538002
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Conflicts in Interpretation written by Helen De Hoop and published by Equinox Publishing (Indonesia). This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflicts in Interpretationaapplies novel methods of constraint interaction, derived from connectionist theories and implemented in linguistics within the framework of Optimality Theory, to core semantic and pragmatic issues such as polysemy, negation, (in)definiteness, focus, anaphora, and rhetorical structure. It explores the hypothesis that a natural language grammar is a set of potentially conflicting constraints on forms and meanings"

Pragmatics

Author : N. Burton-Roberts
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781403986993
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics written by N. Burton-Roberts and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses issues that have arisen in post-Gricean pragmatic theory. Among the specific topics covered are scalar implicatures, lexical semantics and pragmatics, indexicality, procedural meaning, the semantics and pragmatics of negation. The volume includes both defences and critiques of Relevance Theory and of Neo-Gricean Pragmatics.

Optimality Theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics

Author : Géraldine Legendre
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191074187
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Optimality Theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics by : Géraldine Legendre

Download or read book Optimality Theoretic Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics written by Géraldine Legendre and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book 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. Unlike previous work on the topic, this book also takes into account the question of directionality of grammar. A model of grammar in which optimization processes interact bidirectionally allows both language generation-the process of selecting the optimal form of a given meaning-and language interpretation-the process of optimal interpretation of a given form-to be taken into account. Chapters in this volume explore the consequences of both symmetric (unidirectional) and asymmetric (bidirectional) versions of Optimality Theory, investigating the syntax-semantics interface, first language acquisition, and sequential bilingual grammars. The volume presents cutting edge research in Optimality-Theoretic syntax and semantics, as well as demonstrating how optimization processes as modelled in this formalism serve as a viable approach for linguists and scholars in related fields.

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.

The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics

Author : Keith Allan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139501895
Total Pages : 967 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics written by Keith Allan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatics is the study of human communication: the choices speakers make to express their intended meaning and the kinds of inferences that hearers draw from an utterance in the context of its use. This Handbook surveys pragmatics from different perspectives, presenting the main theories in pragmatic research, incorporating seminal research as well as cutting-edge solutions. It addresses questions of rational and empirical research methods, what counts as an adequate and successful pragmatic theory, and how to go about answering problems raised in pragmatic theory. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource to the wide scope of today's research and the intricacy of the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide for graduate students and researchers with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future.

Optimal Communication

Author : Reinhard Blutner
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Optimal Communication written by Reinhard Blutner and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

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.

Beyond Words

Author : Frank Liedtke
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 1614512779
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Words written by Frank Liedtke and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In pragmatics, it is widely accepted that the overall meaning of an utterance performed as part of a verbal interchange is basically underdetermined by the meaning of the sentence uttered. What counts as having been said for most contemporary authors goes far beyond sentence meaning. Rather, it has to be considered as a complex utterance level combining semantic knowledge and context-driven, pragmatic information as an integrated whole. The focus of the present book lies on central questions about the nature, the function and the acquisition of pragmatic inferencing strategies. The question of the relation between the explicit and the implicit side of verbal communication and its mutual delimitation is addressed. What is the character of pragmatic inferences, wherever they may be situated in a descriptive model? Are they nonce inferences arising anew in each act of communication, or do we have to conceive of them as based on regularities and conventions? What is an adequate model of the acquisition of the skills which are relevant for mastering the inferential processes leading to an adequate interpretation of utterances? And what is the relation between a theory of pragmatic enrichment and optimality theory with an OT pragmatics as a possible result?

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis

Author : Bernd Heine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199677077
Total Pages : 1217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis written by Bernd Heine and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook compares the main analytic frameworks and methods of contemporary linguistics. It offers a unique overview of linguistic theory, revealing the common concerns of competing approaches. By showing their current and potential applications it provides the means by which linguists and others can judge what are the most useful models for the task in hand. Distinguished scholars from all over the world explain the rationale and aims of over thirty explanatory approaches to the description, analysis, and understanding of language. Each chapter considers the main goals of the model; the relation it proposes from between lexicon, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and phonology; the way it defines the interactions between cognition and grammar; what it counts as evidence; and how it explains linguistic change and structure. The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis offers an indispensable guide for everyone researching any aspect of language including those in linguistics, comparative philology, cognitive science, developmental philology, cognitive science, developmental psychology, computational science, and artificial intelligence. This second edition has been updated to include seven new chapters looking at linguistic units in language acquisition, conversation analysis, neurolinguistics, experimental phonetics, phonological analysis, experimental semantics, and distributional typology.

Relevance-theoretic Lexical Pragmatics

Author : Ewa Wałaszewska
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781443880732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (87 download)

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Book Synopsis Relevance-theoretic Lexical Pragmatics by : Ewa Wałaszewska

Download or read book Relevance-theoretic Lexical Pragmatics written by Ewa Wałaszewska and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is one of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, describing its origins, assumptions, scope, methodology and the various approaches to it, focusing specifically on the approach offered by relevance theory. In addition to theoretical considerations, the book discusses particular linguistic expressions and pragmatic phenomena, showing how the relevance-theoretic tools may be used to explore pragmatically motivated changes to lexically encoded meanings. The most recent developments are discussed and questions are asked to indicate directions for further research within this rapidly developing field.

The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics

Author : Yan Huang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191065218
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics written by Yan Huang and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together distinguished scholars from all over the world to present an authoritative, thorough, and yet accessible state-of-the-art survey of current issues in pragmatics. Following an introduction by the editor, the volume is divided into five thematic parts. Chapters in Part I are concerned with schools of thought, foundations, and theories, while Part II deals with central topics in pragmatics, including implicature, presupposition, speech acts, deixis, reference, and context. In Part III, the focus is on cognitively-oriented pragmatics, covering topics such as computational, experimental, and neuropragmatics. Part IV takes a look at socially and culturally-oriented pragmatics such as politeness/impoliteness studies, cross- and intercultural, and interlanguage pragmatics. Finally, the chapters in Part V explore the interfaces of pragmatics with semantics, grammar, morphology, the lexicon, prosody, language change, and information structure. The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics will be an indispensable reference for scholars and students of pragmatics of all theoretical stripes. It will also be a valuable resource for linguists in other fields, including philosophy of language, semantics, morphosyntax, prosody, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics, and for researchers and students in the fields of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computer science, anthropology, and sociology.