| How to Use This Book | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| The Core of Optimality Theory | p. 3 |
| Basic Architecture | p. 3 |
| Candidate Comparison | p. 3 |
| Ranked Constraints and Eval | p. 6 |
| Gen | p. 8 |
| Summary, with Possible Variations | p. 10 |
| The Theory of Constraints | p. 11 |
| The Universality of Constraints | p. 11 |
| Constraint Typology | p. 13 |
| Constraint Schemata and Fixed Hierarchies | p. 17 |
| Constraint Interaction | p. 22 |
| Faithful and Unfaithful Mappings | p. 22 |
| Homogeneity of Target/Heterogeneity of Process | p. 25 |
| Blocking Effects | p. 26 |
| Summary | p. 29 |
| How to Do OT | p. 30 |
| Ranking Known Constraints | p. 30 |
| Selecting Informative Candidates | p. 34 |
| Diagnosing Problems | p. 36 |
| Positing New Constraints | p. 39 |
| For Further Reading | p. 42 |
| Notes | p. 44 |
| The Context of Optimality Theory | p. 48 |
| Developments in Phonological Theory | p. 48 |
| Syntactic Theory Contrasted with Phonological Theory | p. 55 |
| Rules and Constraints in Phonology and Syntax | p. 56 |
| Harmony Theory | p. 59 |
| For Further Reading | p. 61 |
| Notes | p. 64 |
| The Results of Optimality Theory | p. 66 |
| Consequences of Markedness/Faithfulness Interaction | p. 66 |
| The Basics: Ranking Prerequisites for an Unfaithful Mapping | p. 67 |
| Inventories and Richness of the Base | p. 68 |
| Basic Concepts | p. 68 |
| The Duplication Problem, with Examples | p. 71 |
| Absolute Ill-Formedness | p. 76 |
| The Lexicon and Richness of the Base | p. 76 |
| Syntactic Applications | p. 81 |
| Summary and Methodological Remark | p. 82 |
| Distributional Restrictions | p. 82 |
| Basic Notions | p. 82 |
| Factorial Typology | p. 83 |
| Identical Distribution | p. 84 |
| Complementary Distribution | p. 84 |
| Contextual Neutralization | p. 87 |
| A Syntactic Example: Only-When-Needed Behavior | p. 89 |
| Summary | p. 91 |
| Processes and Systems of Processes | p. 91 |
| Basic Notions | p. 91 |
| Homogeneity of Target/Heterogeneity of Process | p. 93 |
| Conspiracies | p. 95 |
| Interim Summary | p. 101 |
| Harmonic Ascent | p. 101 |
| Incomplete Process-Specificity of Blocking | p. 103 |
| No Constraint-Specificity of Repair | p. 106 |
| No Construction-Specificity of Interactions | p. 107 |
| Peroration | p. 108 |
| Typology and Universals | p. 108 |
| Overview | p. 108 |
| Architectural Imperatives | p. 109 |
| Universals from Factorial Typology | p. 112 |
| Universals from Fixed Hierarchies | p. 117 |
| Summary | p. 119 |
| Consequences of Constraint Violability | p. 120 |
| Nonuniformity of Structure | p. 121 |
| The Basics | p. 121 |
| Exemplification | p. 121 |
| Opposite Constraints | p. 125 |
| Summary and Comparative Remarks | p. 128 |
| Emergence of the Unmarked | p. 129 |
| The Basics | p. 129 |
| Comparison with Parameters | p. 131 |
| Comparison with Default Rules | p. 132 |
| Summary | p. 134 |
| Extremism and Economy | p. 134 |
| Consequences of Globality and Parallelism | p. 138 |
| Globality and Parallelism Explained | p. 138 |
| Exemplification | p. 142 |
| Consequences of Globality | p. 142 |
| Consequences of Parallelism: Overview | p. 142 |
| Consequences of Parallelism I: Chicken-Egg Effects | p. 144 |
| Consequences of Parallelism II: Top-Down Effects | p. 146 |
| Consequences of Parallelism III: Structurally Remote Interaction | p. 149 |
| Consequences of Parallelism IV: Derivationally Remote Interaction | p. 152 |
| Some Challenges to Remote Interaction | p. 156 |
| Consequences of Parallelism V: Globality Effects | p. 158 |
| Summary | p. 163 |
| Other Architectures for OT | p. 163 |
| The Context and the Issues | p. 163 |
| Harmonic Serialism | p. 166 |
| Cyclic Evaluation | p. 170 |
| Modular Architectures | p. 172 |
| Other Approaches to Opacity in OT | p. 174 |
| Final Remarks | p. 177 |
| For Further Reading | p. 178 |
| Notes | p. 185 |
| The Connections of Optimality Theory | p. 192 |
| Further Issues in OT Syntax | p. 193 |
| Some Controversial Questions | p. 193 |
| Absolute Ill-Formedness | p. 195 |
| Syntactic Optionality | p. 200 |
| Learnability and Acquisition | p. 202 |
| Language Learnability | p. 202 |
| Language Acquisition | p. 207 |
| Formal and Computational Analysis | p. 216 |
| Functionalism | p. 220 |
| Introduction | p. 220 |
| Formal Constraints and Physical Events | p. 222 |
| Evaluating Phonological Systems | p. 225 |
| Variation and Change | p. 227 |
| For Further Reading | p. 230 |
| Notes | p. 234 |
| Epilogue | p. 237 |
| Frequently Asked Questions | p. 239 |
| Symbols and Abbreviations | p. 247 |
| References | p. 251 |
| Index of Names | p. 299 |
| Index of Constraints | p. 305 |
| Index of Languages | p. 307 |
| Index of Topics | p. 309 |
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