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Includes a comprehensive introduction to unidirectional and bidirectional Optimality Theory~Investigates syntax and semantic processes that are less widely studied in the Optimality-Theoretic framework~Draws on extensive empirical data illustrating a wide variety of phenomena

This volume investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of Optimality Theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of conflicting, violable ranked constraints.