ROA: | 1366 |
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Title: | Cumulative constraint interaction and the equalizer of HG and OT |
Authors: | Anna Mai, Eric Bakovic |
Comment: | To appear in Supplementary Proceedings of AMP 2019 |
Length: | 12 |
Abstract: | In this paper we demonstrate that, in general, Optimality Theory (OT) grammars containing particular, identifiable members of a restricted family of conjoined constraints (Smolensky, 2006) make the same typological predictions as corresponding Harmonic Grammar (HG) grammars. Building on an example case, we propose a general method for identifying the members of this restricted family of conjoined constraints in the equalizer of HG and OT, and provide a proof of its intended function. This demonstration adds more structure to claims about the (non)equivalence of HG and OT with local conjunction (Legendre et al., 2006; Pater, 2016) and provides a tool for understanding how different sets of constraints lead to the same typological predictions in HG and OT (Pater, 2016; Jesney, 2016). |
Type: | Paper/tech report |
Area/Keywords: | Harmonic Grammar, ganging cumulativity, conjoined constraints, formal analysis |
Article: | Version 1 |