Change, chance, and optimality
Auteur :
McMahon, April
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198241249
Date de publication :
7 sept. 2000
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
466 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about how languages change. It is also a critique of Optimality Theory - the dominant theory in contemporary phonology and increasingly influential throughout linguistics. The author sets out its basis principles and shows it to be incapable of explaining either language change or variation.