Segmental Phonology in Optimality Theory: Constraints and Representations

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Optimality theory has rapidly become the dominant framework in formal phonological theory. OT fundamentally revises the basic notions of generative grammar, replacing rules and derivations with a system of interacting constraints. Early work in OT tended to concentrate mainly on prosodic phonology and the phonology-morphology interface, and it was not initially clear how the theory could attack the rich range of phenomena found in segmental alterations. However, there is a body of work that concentrates on working out the details of featural phonology with OT, and this work shows that the theory allows superior explanations of the typological possibilities and the underlying motivations for these phenomena. This volume, first published in 2001, brings together work by some of the influential researchers in this area, ranging from the authors of influential dissertations to prominent senior faculty.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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Introduction
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- By Linda Lombardi, University of Maryland
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I - The Content of Representations
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1 - Why Place and Voice Are Different: Constraint-Specific Alternations in Optimality Theory
pp 13-45
- By Linda Lombardi, University of Maryland
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2 - Constraints and Representation in Subsegmental Phonology
pp 46-78
- By Cheryl Zoll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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3 - Phonological Contrast and Articulatory Effort
pp 79-117
- By Robert Kirchner, University of Alberta
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4 - Markedness, Segment Realization, and Locality in Spreading
pp 118-156
- By Máire Níchiosáin, University College, Dublin, Jaye Padgett, University of California
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II - The Content of Constraints
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5 - Austronesian Nasal Substitution Revisited: What's Wrong with *NC (and What's Not)
pp 159-182
- By Joe Pater, University of Alberta and University of Massachusetts
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6 - A Critical View of Licensing by Cue: Codas and Obstruents in Eastern Andalusian Spanish
pp 183-205
- By Chip Gerfen, University of North Carolina
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7 - Segmental Unmarkedness versus Input Preservation in Reduplication
pp 206-228
- By Moira Yip, University of California
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III - The Structure of the Grammar: Approaches to Opacity
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8 - Local Conjunction and Extending Sympathy Theory: OCP Effects in Yucatec Maya
pp 231-260
- By Haruka Fukazawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology
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9 - Structure Preservation and Stratal Opacity in German
pp 261-296
- By Junko Ito, University of California, Armin Mester, University of California
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Contributors
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-10

I - The Content of Representations
pp 11-12

1 - Why Place and Voice Are Different: Constraint-Specific Alternations in Optimality Theory
pp 13-45

2 - Constraints and Representation in Subsegmental Phonology
pp 46-78

3 - Phonological Contrast and Articulatory Effort
pp 79-117

4 - Markedness, Segment Realization, and Locality in Spreading
pp 118-156

II - The Content of Constraints
pp 157-158

5 - Austronesian Nasal Substitution Revisited: What's Wrong with *NC (and What's Not)
pp 159-182

6 - A Critical View of Licensing by Cue: Codas and Obstruents in Eastern Andalusian Spanish
pp 183-205

7 - Segmental Unmarkedness versus Input Preservation in Reduplication
pp 206-228

III - The Structure of the Grammar: Approaches to Opacity
pp 229-230

8 - Local Conjunction and Extending Sympathy Theory: OCP Effects in Yucatec Maya
pp 231-260

9 - Structure Preservation and Stratal Opacity in German
pp 261-296

Index
pp 297-300

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