Optimality Theory is a general model of how grammars are structured. This article surveys
the motivations for Optimality Theory, its core principles, and the basics of analysis. It also …

Yan Huang's highly successful textbook on pragmatics-the study of language in use-has
been fully revised and updated in this second edition. It includes a brand new chapter on …

Over the past twenty years, relevance theory has become a key area of study within
semantics and pragmatics. In this comprehensive new textbook, Billy Clark introduces the …

Doing Optimality Theory brings together examples and practical, detailed advice for
undergraduates and graduate students working in linguistics. Given that the basic premises …

A comprehensive and critical AZ guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of
language and linguistics, definitions featured include: terms used in grammatical analysis …

How do we understand what we are told, resolve ambiguities, appreciate metaphor and
irony, and grasp both explicit and implicit content in verbal communication? This book …

Dislocated Elements in Discourse: Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Perspectives Page 1 12
Parenthetical adverbials The Radical Orphanage Approach1 Liliane Haegeman Université …

An essential property of language is that it is meaningful. The meaningfulness of language
may be manifest in many ways: Language may be used to express emotion, take action …

We present evidence that preschool children oftentimes understand disjunctive sentences
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