Optimality-Theoretic Syntax

26. Optimality-theoretic Syntax

This chapter lays out the basic assumptions and workings of optimality-theoretic syntax. After sketching central aspects of the model of grammar presupposed in optimality theory, I address four pieces of evidence for optimality-theoretic approaches to syntax in the first core section (viz., the ubiquity of constraint conflict, the existence of repair phenomena, the notion of default, and cross-...

The Role of the Lexicon in Optimality Theoretic Syntax

Research in Optimality Theoretic syntax tends to focus on language universals and the prediction of systematic language-particular properties by means of constraint interaction, often appealing to the principle of Richness of the Base. However, this has left the role and formal status of the lexicon in such models largely uninvestig-

Generation and Parsing in Optimality Theoretic Syntax Issues in the Formalization of Ot-lfg

Processing Optimality-theoretic Syntax by Interleaved Chart Parsing and Generation

A Users Guide to the Optimality Interpreter: A Software Tool for Optimality Theoretic Analysis1

Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993) is a constraint-based formalism that has been successfully applied to the explanation of various phenomena of language in the areas of both phonology and syntax. While OT is not inherently computational, it requires some symbol manipulation, and so lends itself to facilitation through software that can aid in the design of optimality theoretic solutio...