"A Bradford book."

Papers from a workshop sponsored in 1997 by Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland at College Park and other contributions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii -- Contributors ix -- Overview xi -- Chapter 1 -- An Introduction to Optimality Theory in Géraldine Legendre -- Syntax 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Competition between Syntax and Peter Ackema and Ad Neeleman -- Morphology 29 -- Chapter 3 -- Markedness and Subject Choice in Optimality Judith Aissen -- Theory 61 -- Chapter 4 -- Optionality and Ineffability 97 Eric Bakovic and Edward Keer -- Chapter 5 -- The Emergence of the Unmarked Joan Bresnan -- Pronoun 113 -- Chapter 6 -- Binding and Discourse Prominence: Hye-Won Choi -- Reconstruction in "Focus" Scrambling 143 -- Chapter 7 -- The Emergence of Unmarked Word Jo~ao Costa -- Order 171 -- Chapter 8 -- Optimal Clitic Positions and the Lexicon in Jane Grimshaw -- Romance Clitic Systems 205 -- Chapter 9 -- Masked Second-Position Effects and the Géraldine Legendre -- Linearization of Functional Features 241 -- Chapter 10 -- Order Preservation, Parallel Movement, and Gereon Muiller -- the Emergence of the Unmarked 279 -- Chapter 11 -- Crosslinguistic Typologies in Optimality Vieri Samek-Lodovici -- Theory 315 -- Chapter 12 -- Form and Function in the Typology of Peter Sells -- Grammatical Voice Systems 355 -- Chapter 13 -- Constraints on Null Pronouns 393 Margaret Speas -- Chapter 14 -- V-to-I Movement and do-Insertion in Sten Vikner -- Optimality Theory 427 -- Chapter 15 -- Bidirectional Optimization and the Theory of Colin Wilson -- Anaphora 465 -- Chapter 16 -- Case Patterns 509 Ellen Woolford -- Index 545.