Abstract
This chapter is an outline of Optimality Theory (OT) as a model of grammar. OT is a linguistic theory that is explicitly embedded in a broader cognitive architecture. Expressive optimization is used as a theory of syntax, and interpretive optimization as a theory of semantics. In bidirectional OT, the two come together in a theory of the syntax–semantics interface. As far as the empirical coverage is concerned, this book focuses on the use of OT in typology, with stochastic extensions for language variation and language change.
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