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