Introduction
Optimality Theory: Phonology, Syntax, and Acquisition, Paul Boersma, Joost Dekkers, and Jeroen van de Weijer
Part Ia: Phonology - Prosodic Representations
Cycles, Non-Derived-Environment Blocking and Correspondence, Luigi Burzio
Gradient Well-Formedness in Optimality Theory, Bruce Hayes
Stem Stress and Peak Correspondence in Dutch, René Kager
Faithfulness and Prosodic Circumscription, John McCarthy
Part Ib: Phonology - Segmental Phonology
Loan Phonology: Perception, Salience, the Lexicon, and OT, Haike Jacobs and Carlos Gussenhoven
Derivational Residue: Hidden Rules in OT, Darlene LaCharité and Carole Paradis
Dependency Theory Meets OT: A Proposal for a New Approach to Segmental Structure, Norval Smith
Part II: Syntax
Absolute Ungrammaticality, Peter Ackema and Ad Neeleman
Toward an Optimal Account of Second Position Phenomena, Stephen R. Anderson
Optimal Syntax, Joan Bresnan
Minimalism and OT: Derivations and Filters, Hans Broekhuis and Joost Dekkers
Morphological and Prosodic Alignment of Bulgarian Clitics, Géraldine Legendre
Part III: The Acquisition of Syntax and Phonology
Learning a Grammar in Functional Phonology, Paul Boersma
The Universal Constraint Set: Convention not Fact, Mark Ellison
Learning Phonology: Genetic Algorithms and Yoruba Tongue Root Harmony, Douglas Pulleyblank and William Turkel
Optimality and Strict Domination in Language Learning, Bruce Tesar