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Optimality theory

Index of SIL publications on Optimality theory listed by country.

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General works

• BEAL, Heather, author. 2008. Review of: Optimality theory: phonology, syntax, and acquisition, Joost Dekkers, Frank van der Leeuw, and Jeroen van de Weijer, editors.  
• CAHILL, Michael, author. 2000. Tonal associative morphemes in Optimality Theory.
• CAHILL, Michael, author. 2001. Review of: Laryngeal cooccurrence restrictions, by Margaret R. MacEachern.  
• CAHILL, Michael, author. 2004. Review of: The effects of duration and sonority on contour tone distribution: a typological survey and formal analysis, by Jie Zhang.
• CAHILL, Michael, author. 2005. Review of:The internal organization of phonological segments, Marc van Oostendorp and Jeroen van de Weijer, editors.  
• PARKER, Monica; PARKER, Stephen G., authors. 2004. Optimality theory and ethical decision making.  
• PARKER, Stephen G., editor. 2009. Phonological argumentation: essays on evidence and motivation.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• WILLIAMS, Angela, author. 2009. "An optimality theory analysis of vowel harmony in Ndruna."  

Ghana

• CAHILL, Michael, author. 2007. More Universals of Tone.  

Malawi

• MAXWELL, Michael B., author. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

Americas

Mexico

• BLACK, H. Andrew, author. 2006. Constraint-ranked derivation: a serial approach to optimization.  

Peru

• BLACK, H. Andrew, author. 2006. Constraint-ranked derivation: a serial approach to optimization.  

United States

• MAXWELL, Michael B., author. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

Asia

Afghanistan

• WILLIAMSON, Paul, author. 2009. "Phonological variations in Kabul Persian: an optimality theory analysis."  

India

• MAXWELL, Michael B., author. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

Malaysia

• KIM, Sung-A, author. 2006. "Non-linearity and dual-edge dependency in Malay dialects: an optimality analysis."  

Russian Federation

• KOMEN, Erwin R., author. 2007. Chechen stress and vowel deletion: an optimality theory approach.  

Europe

Russian Federation

• KOMEN, Erwin R., author. 2007. Chechen stress and vowel deletion: an optimality theory approach.