We’re delighted to share that our book, Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory: Theory and Analyses (Bellik, Ito, Kalivoda & Mester, eds.), is now available for purchase either directly from Equinox Press or from other retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Avid Bookshop, etc.)
You can also purchase pdfs of individual chapters from Equinox.
Table of contents:
Introduction
- Chapter 1: Syntax-Prosody in Optimality Theory (SPOT): Jennifer Bellik, Junko Ito, Nick Kalivoda, Armin Mester
Part I: GEN Settings
- Chapter 2. Counting Tree Parses: Edward Shingler, Jennifer Bellik
- Chapter 3. Branching Sensitivity, Prosodic Recursion and Mapping Constraints –Max Tarlov
Part II: Match Theory
- 4. Overtly Headed XPs and ι-initial StrongStart in Irish Syntax-Prosody Mapping: Nick Kalivoda
- 5. Constraining Subcategory-Sensitive MATCH Constraints Nicholas Van Handel, Dan Brodkin, Benjamin Eischens
- 6. Visibility Settings for Match Theory: Nicholas Van Handel
Part III: Align Theory
- 7. Interactions of Matching, Alignment and Binarity in Japanese and Beyond: Nick Kalivoda
- 8. Align-driven Clitic Movement in Chamorro: Richard Bibbs
- 9. Revisiting Tone Sandhi Domains in Xiamen Chinese: MATCH vs ALIGN with Strict Layering: Yaqing Cao, Richard Bibbs, Jennifer Bellik
Part IV: Prosodic Well-Formedness Constraints
- 10. Size Effects in Prosody: Branch-Counting, Leaf-Counting, and Uniformity: Jennifer Bellik
- 11. Stringency Hierarchies in Prosodic Sisterhood: STRONGSTART and EQUALSISTERS: Jennifer Bellik
Tutorial
- 12. How to Use SPOT: A Tutorial: Jennifer Bellik, Nick Kalivoda