Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Bidirectional Optimality Theory 1
4. A programme for bidirectional phonology and phonetics and their acquisition and evolution 33
5. A note on the emergence of subject salience 73
6. Language acquisition and language change in bidirectional Optimality Theory 97
7. Sense and simplicity 125
8. On the interaction of tense, aspect and modality in Dutch 151
9. Production and comprehension in context 169
10. Bayesian interpretation and Optimality Theory 191
11. Bidirectional grammar and bidirectional optimization 221
12. On bidirectional Optimality Theory for dynamic contexts 249