Optimality Theory and Pragmatics

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-349-50764-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 405 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition

Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book is intended to satisfy the needs of students and professional researchers interested in pragmatics and optimality theory, and will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of formal pragmatics with grammar, semantics, philosophy of language, information theory and cognitive psychology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blutner, Reinhard

Bezuidenhout, Anne

Happé, Francesca

Breheny, Richard

Glucksberg, Sam

Zeevat, H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Editors' Introduction: Pragmatics and Optimality Theory; R.Blutner and H.Zeevat On the Interpretation of Stressed Pronouns; H.de Hoop Optimization in Focus Identification; P.Hendriks Optimality Theoretic Pragmatics and Binding Phenomena; J.Mattausch Particles: Pre-supposition Triggers, Context Markers, or Speech Act Markers; H.Zeevat Input-Output Mismatches in Optimality Theory; D.Beaver and H.Lee On the Optimality Theory Status of 'Unambiguous Encoding'; H-M.Gärtner Relevance and Bidirectional Optimality Theory; R.van Rooy Remarks on the Architecture of Optimality Theory Syntax Grammars; R.Vogel Variation in Demonstrative Choice in Swedish; J.Spenader Learning Constraint Subhierarchies: The Bidirectional Gradual Learning Algorithm; G.Jäger References Index

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID BEAVER Faculty member at the Linguistics Department, Stanford University and Affiliate of the Symbolic Systems Program, USA
HELEN DE HOOP Assistant Professor in General Linguistics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
HANS-MARTIN GÄRTNER Assistant Director at ZAS, Berlin
PETRA HENDRIKS Assistant Professor at the Departments of Dutch and Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, Sweden
GERHARD JÄGER Privatdozent, Computational Linguistics Department, Potsdam University
HANJUNG LEE Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognitive Science Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
JASON MATTAUSCH Research Assistant, Zentrum für allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin
JENNIFER SPENADER Graduate Student, Computational Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University
ROBERT VAN ROOY is a KNAW-Fellow working on the project Games, Relevance and Meaning at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Amsterdam
RALF VOGEL Research Assistant, Institute of Linguistics, University of Potsdam