Doing Optimality Theory

Acknowledgments.

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List of Abbreviations.

1. An Introduction to Optimality Theory.

1.1 How OT Began.

1.2 Why Must Constraints Be Violable?.

1.3 The Nature of Constraints in OT.

1.4 Candidate Sets: OT’s Gen Component.

1.5 Candidate Evaluation: OT’s Eval Component.

1.6 Constraint Activity.

1.7 Differences Between Langu...