On the rapid expansion of optimality theory at the end of the twentieth century

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Historiographia Linguistica Pub Date : 2019-09-02 DOI:10.1075/hl.00041.gri

Joshua M. Griffiths

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Abstract

Despite being a recent development in generative linguistics, Optimality Theory (OT, Prince & Smolensky 1993) has had a profound impact on linguistics, particularly on phonology in North America. OT posits that observed forms of language arise due to conflicting linguistic constraints. When proposed in 1993, OT saw virtually overnight success in American phonology despite not having been the first theory of grammar to focus solely on the constraint. I argue, that the reasons for which OT saw such immediate success due in large part to the efforts of Prince and Smolensky to work at getting the word out, the state of American phonology at the time which felt stagnant to some, and the coincidence of OT’s birth with the Internet Boom which Prince and Smolensky used to their advantage

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论20世纪末最优理论的迅速发展

尽管最优化理论(OT, Prince & Smolensky, 1993)是生成语言学的新发展，但它对语言学，特别是对北美的音韵学产生了深远的影响。OT假设观察到的语言形式是由于相互冲突的语言约束而产生的。当在1993年被提出时，尽管它不是第一个只关注约束的语法理论，但它在美国音韵学中几乎一夜之间取得了成功。我认为，《OT》获得如此迅速成功的原因在很大程度上要归功于普林斯和斯摩棱斯基的努力，当时美国音韵学的状况对一些人来说是停滞不前的，《OT》的诞生与互联网繁荣的巧合普林斯和斯摩棱斯基利用了这一点

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