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Optimality Theory : Phonetics and Phonology Terms
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n. An approach to phonological description pioneered by Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky and developed by them and others in a series of works, most of which remain unpublished. The framework assigns pride of place to the concept of constraints, and...
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Optimality Theory (OT) is a linguistic model originally proposed by the linguists Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky in 1993. OT has been expanded by John J. McCarthy and Alan Prince, beginning in 1993. Although much of the interest in OT has been...


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