Optimality Theory (Kager)

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Series: Language & Linguistics Optimality Theory — René Kager René Kager introduces a theory in which linguistic forms emerge from competing constraints. An optimal candidate has the least serious violations under a language’s constraint ranking. Different rankings help explain why languages show different patterns. The book develops analyses of phonology, morphology, syllables, and reduplication. It also considers how grammars are learned and how the framework extends to syntax. Publication source Explore: Language & Linguistics Related episodes: Optimality Theory (Kager) · Implicit Prosody (Van Handel)