The Syllable in Optimality Theory

Optimality Theoretic Account of Acquisition of Consonant Clusters of English Syllables by Persian EFL Learners*

This study accounts for the acquisition of the consonant clusters of English syllable structures both in onset and coda positions by Persian EFL learners. Persian syllable structure is "CV(CC)", composed of one consonant at the initial position and two optional consonants at the final position; whereas English syllable structure is "(CCC)V(CCCC)". Therefore, Persian EFL learners need to resolve...

Conjoined Constraints

Since the publication of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, 1993), research on phonological acquisition has been exploring the explicative potential of constraint theories. This study is equally based on Optimality Theory. It attempts to analyze the acquisition of CVVC syllable structure by Brazilian Portuguese children and addresses the question of the use of Local Conjunction (Smolensky, ...

Computing Optimal Forms in Optimality Theory: Basic Syllabification

In Optimality Theory, grammaticality is defined in terms of optimization over a large (often infinite) space of candidates. This raises the question of how grammatical forms might be computed. This paper presents an analysis of the Basic CV Syllable Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993) showing that, despite the nature of the formal definition, computing the optimal form does not require explicitly ...

Optimality Of Monetary And Fiscal Policies In Iran: An Application Of The Stochastic Optimal Control Theory

The role of morphology in Optimality Theory

Since the creation of Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004, McCarthy and Prince 1993b/2001), it has been widely applied in various linguistic subdisciplines. OT was initially designed for phonology. Kager (1999:16) illustrates the fundamental assumptions of conventional OT with an example from Dutch (1). The symbol ‘-’ indicates a morpheme boundary and ‘.’ indicates a syllable...