Last resorts and grammaticality

  • A “last resort” is argued to be nothing more than a winning, i.e. grammatical form, once it is understood in terms of competition between alternative candidates. It is a theorem of OT that we find last resort effects, since it follows from the nature of competition and constraint interaction.

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Author details:Jane Grimshwa
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32302
ISSN:1616-7392
ISSN:1864-1857
Title of parent work (German):Linguistics in Potsdam
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Publication year:2006
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2009/06/24
Tag:Competition; Economy; Optimality Theory
Issue:25
First page:33
Last Page:41
RVK - Regensburg classification:EQ 3310
Organizational units:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik
DDC classification:4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Linguistics in Potsdam: LIP, ISSN 1864-1857 / LIP (2006) 25
Institution name at the time of the publication:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
External remark:
Zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam:

Optimality theory and minimalism: A possible convergence? / Hans Broekhuis & Ralf Vogel (eds.) - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2006. - vii, 231 S.
(Linguistics in Potsdam ; 25)
ISSN 1616-7392
ISBN 978-3-939469-54-4
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