Jonas Kuhn (2001): Formal and Computational Aspects of Optimality-theoretic Syntax. IMS, Universität Stuttgart.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The foundations of OT
3. Some observations about OT syntax
4. The formalization of OT syntax in the LFG framework
5. The direction of optimization
6. Computational OT syntax
7. Conclusion

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A revised version of my dissertation appears with CSLI Publications: Optimality-Theoretic Syntax---A Declarative Approach.