July 2012
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What is Optimality Theory?
If you’re not a linguist and/or you have never heard of OT, that’s alright! This post will introduce you to the important concepts of OT so you can understand what’s going on on this blog. :D
So, basically, Optimality Theory is a theory of linguistics that uses a set of constraints (Constraint Hierarchy or CH) to explain the phonology of languages. This set of constraints is...
