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 …

A novel proposal regarding predicate-argument agreement that combines detailed empirical
investigation with rigorous theoretical discussion. In this book, Omer Preminger investigates …

The new edition of a comprehensive introduction to a rapidly developing field, combining
developmental data with theory. How do children begin to use language? How does …

The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia is a single-volume encyclopedia covering all major
and subsidiary areas of linguistics and applied linguistics. The 79 entries provide in-depth …

The first book to cover the grammar of clitics from all points of view, including their
phonology, morphology, and syntax, and the first comprehensive survey of clitic phenomena …

Annotation This is a collection of previously published essays on comparative syntax by the
distinguished linguist Richard Kayne. The papers cover issues of comparative syntax as …

Despite their apparently divergent accounts of higher cognition, cognitive theories based on
neural computation and those employing symbolic computation can in fact strengthen one …

In this dissertation I argue for a general model of assimilation within Optimality Theory, with
vowel harmony processes serving as a specific empirical testing ground. The model centers …

This is the first exhaustive investigation of gradience in syntax, conceived of as grammatical
indeterminacy. It looks at gradience in English word classes, phrases, clauses and …

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists
and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially …