Keyword

Optimality Theory

Description: A linguistic theory in which language forms result from the optimal satisfaction of ranked, potentially conflicting constraints, especially in phonology and syntax.

Primary topic: Phonetics and Phonology Research (61%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1207598

OpenAlex ID: keywords/optimality-theory

Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar

2004 · Alan Prince, Paul Smolensky · 4,700

A movement ecology paradigm for unifying organismal movement research

2008 · Ran Nathan, Wayne M. Getz, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2,973

The Phonology of Tone and Intonation

2004 · Carlos Gussenhoven · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 1,827

Faithfulness and Reduplicative Identity

1995 · McCarthy, John J., Prince, Alan S. · Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University) · 1,759

Diffusion Decision Model: Current Issues and History

2016 · Roger Ratcliff, Philip L. Smith, et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 1,618

The Phonology of Standard Chinese

2007 · San Duanmu · 1,156

Empirical Tests of the Gradual Learning Algorithm

2001 · Paul Boersma, Bruce Hayes · Linguistic Inquiry · 1,117

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Differential Object Marking: Iconicity vs. Economy

2003 · Judith Aissen · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 1,106

Plasticity in Life-History Traits

1998 · S. Nylin, K. Gotthard · Annual Review of Entomology · 1,023

Optimality Theory

2004 · Alan Prince, Paul Smolensky · Wiley eBooks · 994

Localism versus Globalism in Morphology and Phonology

2010 · David Embick · The MIT Press eBooks · 959

A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory

2001 · John J. McCarthy · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 849

Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar

2006 · Anne Violin-Wigent · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 785

Constraints on Phenotypic Evolution

1992 · Stevan J. Arnold · The American Naturalist · 751

Some Aspects of Optimality in Natural Language Interpretation

2000 · R. BLUTNER · Journal of Semantics · 750

The Particular Maternal Effect of Propagule Size, Especially Egg Size: Patterns, Models, Quality of Evidence and Interpretations

1996 · JOSEPH BERNARDO · American Zoologist · 746

Optimality Theory

1999 · Rene Kager · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 736

Tone

2002 · Moira Yip · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 730

The Emergence of the Unmarked: Optimality in Prosodic Morphology

1994 · McCarthy, John J., Prince, Alan S. · ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst) · 714

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Learnability in Optimality Theory

1998 · Bruce Tesar, Paul Smolensky · Linguistic Inquiry · 697

Grammar is grammar and usage is usage

2003 · Frederick J. Newmeyer · Language · 614

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Proceedings of the LFG04 Conference

2004 · Leonoor Van Der Beek, Miriam Butt, et al. · 611

Projection, heads, and optimality

1997 · Jane Grimshaw · Linguistic Inquiry · 603

Papers in optimality theory

1995 · Jill N. Beckman, Angela Carpenter, et al. · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 572

Opacity and cyclicity

2000 · PAUL KIPARSKY · The Linguistic Review · 556

Works count: 6,936

Citation count: 136,000