Optimality Theory, Phonological Acquisition and Disorders - Daniel A. Dinnsen
1 Fundamentals of optimality theory
Optimality Theory, Phonological Acquisition and Disorders - Daniel A. Dinnsen
Daniel A. Dinnsen [+]
Indiana University
Daniel A. Dinnsen is Chancellor’s Professor of Linguistics and Adjunct Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also a member of the Program in Cognitive Science and core faculty of the NIH Training Grant in Speech, Hearing, and Sensory Communication. He is Co-Principal Investigator of the Learnability Project, funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Description
This chapter presents a tutorial introduction to optimality theory with an emphasis on those aspects most relevant to acquisition and disorders. The principles and workings of the theory are illustrated by considering some fundamental phenomena in the developing sound systems of young children with phonological delays. Issues of learnability and the nature of children’s underlying representations are considered along with phonological conspiracies and their clinical implications.