In Optimality Theory, a linguistic input is assigned a grammatical structural description by selecting, from an infinite set of candidate structural descriptions, the description which best satisfies a ranked set of universal constraints. Cross-linguistic variation is explained as different rankings of the same universal constraints. Two questions are of primary interest concerning the computational tractibility of Optimality Theory. The first concerns the ability to compute optimal structural descriptions. The second concerns the learnability of the constraint rankings. Parsing algorithms are presented for the computation of optimal forms,using dynamic programming. These algorithms work for grammars in Optimality Theory employing universal...
In this dissertation, I propose a formal framework for stating in detail a class of Optimality-Theor...
This dissertation presents a computational model of Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 199...
Idsardi (2006) claims that Optimality Theory (OT; Prince and Smolensky (1993/2004) is "in general co...
In this article we show how Optimality Theory yields a highly general Constraint Demotion principle ...
If Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1991, 1993) is correct, Universal Grammar provides a set of...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the central premis...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
In Optimality Theory, grammaticality is defined in terms of optimization over a large (often infinit...
Optimality Theory (OT) was developed in the 1990s by Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky as a general th...
This dissertation presents a computational model of Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 199...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a grammatical framework of recent origin presented by Prince and Smolensky...
In this dissertation, I propose a formal framework for stating in detail a class of Optimality-Theor...
This dissertation presents a computational model of Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 199...
Idsardi (2006) claims that Optimality Theory (OT; Prince and Smolensky (1993/2004) is "in general co...
In this article we show how Optimality Theory yields a highly general Constraint Demotion principle ...
If Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1991, 1993) is correct, Universal Grammar provides a set of...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
This book describes Optimality Theory from the top down, explaining and exploring the central premis...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a model of language that combines aspects of generative and connectionist ...
In Optimality Theory, grammaticality is defined in terms of optimization over a large (often infinit...
Optimality Theory (OT) was developed in the 1990s by Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky as a general th...
This dissertation presents a computational model of Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 199...
Optimality Theory (OT) is a grammatical framework of recent origin presented by Prince and Smolensky...
In this dissertation, I propose a formal framework for stating in detail a class of Optimality-Theor...
This dissertation presents a computational model of Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 199...
Idsardi (2006) claims that Optimality Theory (OT; Prince and Smolensky (1993/2004) is "in general co...