Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings
on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including
a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky's never-before-published
Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar.
- Compiles the most important readings about Optimality Theory in
phonology from some of the most prominent researchers in the field.
- Contains 33 excerpts spanning a range of topics in phonology and
including many never-before-published papers.
- Includes a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky's foundational
1993 manuscript Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in
Generative Grammar.
- Includes introductory notes and study/research questions for each
chapter.