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Peer reviewedGuy, Gregory R. – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Compares models of Optimality Theory (OT) and Variable Rules (VR), arguing that VR is superior on theoretical and empirical grounds: constraint effects are stable, transparent, learnable. Moreover, VR's probabilistic treatment of constraint effects allows successful modeling of cases in which multiple violations of a single constraint lead to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Universals
Peer reviewedScherre, Maria Mata Pereira – Language Variation and Change, 2001
Examines the role of phrase-level parallelism on noun phrase number agreement and demonstrates Puerto Rican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese exhibit more similarities than differences with regard to this constraint. Claims the phrase-level parallelism effect on noun phrase number agreement is embedded in a universal principle of linguistic use:…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Universals, Language Variation
