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Modeling Ungrammaticality in Optimality Theory presents a collection of papers in phonology and syntax on the topic of ineffability, or absolute ungrammaticality. The papers all contribute new analyses of carefully presented cases, making the book useful for researchers exploring ineffability from any theoretical perspective. The theoretical context for the papers is the analytical challenge which these cases present for Optimality Theory. The architecture of OT takes an input and maps it onto its optimal output. But the cases analyzed in these papers would seem to invite analyses in which an input has no output whatsoever, not even an imperfect one. The papers develop various strategies for modeling this phenomenon, building on proposals in the literature such as the null parse, control theory, the null output, optimal gaps,

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Author:   Curt Rice ,  Sylvia Blaho
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781845532154

ISBN 10:   1845532155
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   01 January 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Curt Rice and Sylvia Blaho: Modeling ungrammaticality Part I: Architecture 2. Matthew Wolf (University of Massachusetts) and John J. McCarthy (University of Massachusetts): Less than zero: correspondence and the null output 3. Marc van Oostendorp (The Meertens Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences): Dutch diminutives and the question mark 4. Orhan Orgun (UC Davis) and Ronald Sprouse (UC Berkeley): Hard constraints in Optimality Theory Part II: Paradigms 5. Adam Albright (MIT): Lexical and morphological conditioning of paradigm gaps 6. Outi Bat-El (Tel Aviv University): A gap in the feminine paradigm of Hebrew: a consequence of identity avoidance in the suffix domain 7. Peter Rebrus (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Miklos Torkenczy (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Covert and overt defectiveness in paradigms Part III: Ineffability in Syntax 8. Geraldine Legendre (Johns Hopkins University): The neutralization approach to ineffability in syntax 9. Ralf Vogel (University of Potsdam): Wh-Islands: A View from Correspondence Theory

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Curt Rice is Director of the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics at the University of TromsA , Norway. Sylvia Blaho is a graduate student at the University of TromsA , Norway.

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