Doing Optimality Theory: Applying Theory to Data :By John J. McCarthy, Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2008, xi+310pp.
Doing Optimality Theory: Applying Theory to Data :By John J. McCarthy, Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2008, xi+310pp.
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进行最优理论：将理论应用于数据：作者：John J. McCarthy，Blackwell，Malden，MA，2008 年，xi 310 页。
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最优化理论(Prince and Smolensky(1993,2004))自20世纪90年代以来主要在音系学领域得到发展。它是一种基于约束的理论，与以前的基于规则的理论形成了鲜明的对比。虽然已经进行了大量的基于OT的研究，但还没有关于如何在这一框架内进行研究的系统指导。做最优化理论填补了这一空白，考察了理论背景，并为读者提供了实用的建议。这本书有一些值得注意的特点。首先，它包含许多练习和问题，为读者提供了分析数据的实践机会。其次，虽然书中讨论了来自不同语言的数据，但本书对一种语言进行了深入的分析：雅韦尔马尼语(也称约伦尼语：一种几近灭绝的加州佩努提语Yokuts方言)。作者使用雅韦尔马尼的数据来论证整本书中重写规则的不足。这一论述使读者能够循序渐进地追寻分析的过程。下一节介绍了本书的提纲，展示了作者论述的清晰性和他的建议的价值。
Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky (1993, 2004)) has been developed mainly in the area of phonology since the 1990s. It is a constraint-based theory, making a sharp contrast with the previous rule-based theory. Although a large amount of research has been conducted based on OT, there have not been systematic instructions for how to conduct research within this framework. Doing Optimality Theory fills this gap, examining theoretical backgrounds and providing practical advice for readers. This book has some noteworthy features. First, it contains many Exercises and Questions, which give readers hands-on opportunities to analyze data. Second, although data from various languages are discussed, this book provides an in-depth analysis of one language: Yawelmani (also Yowlumne: a nearly extinct dialect of the California Penutian language Yokuts). The author uses data from Yawelmani to argue for the inadequacy of rewrite rules throughout the book. This exposition enables readers to pursue the course of analysis step by step. The next section introduces the outline of this book, showing the clarity of the author’s exposition and the value of his advice.