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Optimality Theory (Cambridge Textbooks In Linguistics),New Carole Boyce Davies 'Marc FreedmanThis Is An Introduction To Optimality Theory, Whose Central Idea Is That Surface Forms Of Language Reflect Resolutions Of Conflicts Between Competing Constraints. The Book Does Not Limit Its Empirical Scope To Phonological Phenomena, But Also Contains Chapters On The Learnability Of Ot Grammars; Ot'S Implications For Syntax; And Other Issues Such As Opacity. Exercises Accompany Chapters 17, And There Are Sections On Further Reading. Optimality Theory