optimality theory optimal viewpoints stuart davis editor 138 pp prepaid orders u check money order 15 00 ph 3 50 us 5 00 5 50 iulc publications 720 e atwater ave bloomington 47401 usa iulc indiana edu http php indiana edu iulc year indiana university linguistics club celebrates 30th anniversary publication _ optimal viewpoints _ representing current work optimality theory students faculty alumni department linguistics indiana university papers volume cover phenomena current theoretical interest morphology first language acquisition phonology syntax contents follows _ optimal compound optimality theory typology synthetic compounds _ heather anderson offers ot analysis word order synthetic compounds demonstrating difference vo ov languages respect synthetic compounds falls ranking relevant constraints optimalitytheoretic grammar _ representation glides american english evidence phonologically disordered systems _ ot application english acquisitional phonology jessica barlow examines productions consonantglide clusters several children period time relates findings issue whether glide consonantglide sequence functions part onset part nucleus _ output configurations phonology epenthesis syncope cairene arabic _ stuart davis bushra adnan zawaydeh examine output configurations created syncope epenthesis processes cairene arabic cases ot prediction output shapes syncope epenthesis processes symmetrical maintained overriding baseidentity constraint plays key role _ variation acquisition optimal approach _ paper katherine demuth shows ot analysis account multiple optimal outputs acquisitional phonology terms partially ordered constraint rankings stratified domination hierarchies _ topic oriented null arguments korean optimality theory _ jong kyoo kim offers ot analysis null arguments subject object arguments korean based domination topicrelated constraints projectionrelated constraints kim also develops general prodrop typology reflects differential ranking constraints _ correspondence kyungsang korean truncation _ seung hoon shin examines range data truncated words kyungsang dialect korean including hypocoristics truncated compounds loanword truncation shin shows clear evidence truncated words based underlying input rather fully syllabified output