MESTER NOW CO-EDITOR OF BOOK SERIES

Armin Mester is co-editor (with Ellen Woolford) of Advances in Optimality Theory, a new series produced by the London-based Equinox Publishing which aims to provide a central outlet for new work in OT. Contributions in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and other subfields of linguistics are all welcome. The series is open to a broad variety of research and pedagogical projects, including studies with a broad typological focus, studies dedicated to the detailed analysis of individual languages, and studies on the nature of Optimality Theory itself.

The first volume of the series Hidden Generalizations, by John McCarthy, appeared in April 2007. It develops a radically new conception (“Chain Theory”) of what an output candidate in OT consists of, and argues that the revised theory solves the problems raised by phonological opacity. Further planned volumes of the series include a monograph on “Elsewhere” in phonology by Eric Bakovic (UCSC B.A., 1993).