@Misc{Graf10ZAStalk,
author = {Graf, Thomas},
title = {Optimality Conditions Could Care Less About Optimality},
year = {2010},
note = {Invited talk, December 10, Zentrum für Allgemeine
Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, Germany}
}
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