So sánh phương pháp

	Minimalist Program	Lý thuyết Tối ưu
Lĩnh vực	Ngôn ngữ học	Ngôn ngữ học
Họ	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Năm ra đời	1995	1993
Người khởi xướng	Noam Chomsky	Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky
Loại	Empirical process pipeline	Empirical process pipeline
Công trình gốc	Chomsky, N. (1995). The Minimalist Program. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.	Prince, A., & Smolensky, P. (1993). Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar. Blackwell Publishers.
Tên gọi khác	Minimalism, MP Grammar	OT, Constraint-Based Phonology
Liên quan	1	1
Tóm tắt	The Minimalist Program (MP) is a framework for generative syntax developed by Noam Chomsky in 1995, designed to explain linguistic structure while assuming the fewest possible theoretical mechanisms. The program seeks principles that are simple, elegant, and motivated by language evolution. It addresses core questions: What principles explain language structure? Why do languages vary? Why do humans have language? The MP has become the dominant paradigm in theoretical syntax, though it remains controversial and subject to ongoing refinement.	Optimality Theory (OT) is a constraint-based framework for modeling phonology and syntax, developed by Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky in 1993. The core idea is that languages produce the optimal output that best satisfies a ranked hierarchy of universal constraints. Rather than listing rules, OT explains linguistic phenomena as solutions to conflicting pressures—sounds and structures emerge as the least bad compromise among competing demands. This framework has revolutionized phonological theory and is widely applied to morphophonology, segmental and suprasegmental analysis, and cross-linguistic variation.