| ROA: | 102 |
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| Title: | Deriving an implicational universal in two theories of phonology |
| Authors: | Charles Reiss |
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| Length: | 25 |
| Abstract: | Deriving An Implicational Universal In Two Theories of Phonology ROA-102 25 pages implic.doc, implic.ps Charles Reiss Concordia University reiss@alcor.concordia.ca This paper is based on my recent NELS and Tilburg papers. It is divided into four major sections. In section 1 I describe an apparent typological universal (which has the form of an implicational hierarchy) concerning the scope of assimilation processes. In section 2 I suggest an explanation of this universal within rule based phonology by appealing to the subset principle of acquisition (thus appealing to extragrammatical factors). In the section 3 I demonstrate that the universal can also be derived from the nature of a relatively simple OT grammar, in that such a grammar is incapable of generating patterns which do not conform to the implicational hierarchy. In section 4 , I use some of the concepts introduced in earlier sections to provide insight into the problem of under and overgeneration in OT, including the counterfeeding problem, and constraints on the set of OT constraints. One of the proposals I discuss is a restriction on faithfulness constraints that requires that they not be context sensitive. Section 5 contains a brief conclusion. This paper is still in draft form and comments are welcome. The paper is in postscript format (implic.ps) and in WORD 6 for Windows format (implic.doc) which requires the font IPAKiel. Charles Reiss 4121 Rue de Mentana #10 Montreal, Quebec H2L 3S1 Canada 514 598-1991 reiss@alcor.concordia.ca :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | Version 1 |