''A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory'' is a 2001 book by

John McCarthy John McCarthy may refer to: Government * John George MacCarthy (1829–1892), Member of Parliament for Mallow constituency, 1874–1880 * John McCarthy (Irish politician) (1862–1893), Member of Parliament for the Mid Tipperary constituency, ...

in which the author provides a theoretical introduction to

optimality theory Optimality theory (frequently abbreviated OT) is a linguistic model proposing that the observed forms of language arise from the optimal satisfaction of conflicting constraints. OT differs from other approaches to phonological analysis, which ty ...

Reception

The book was reviewed by

David Odden David Arnold Odden (; born 1954) is professor emeritus of Linguistics at the Ohio State University. His contributions to linguistics have been in the area of phonology and language description, most notably African tone and the description of Ban ...

, Chiara Frigeni, Marina Tzakosta and Diana Archangeli.

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A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory
2001 non-fiction books Phonology books Linguistics textbooks Optimality Theory Books on linguistic typology Cambridge University Press books {{ling-book-stub