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| Title: | Multiple Input-Output Faithfulness Relations in Japanese |
| Authors: | Haruka Fukazawa |
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| Abstract: | Multiple Input-Output Faithfulness Relations in Japanese Haruka Fukazawa University of Maryland, College Park Japanese lexical stratification has been considered problematic in Optimality Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky 1993). Since some phonological phenomena are observed only in a certain stratum (or strata), multiple kinds of constraint rankings are necessary to account for the entire Japanese grammar. This does not respect a fundamental principle of OT: a single invariant constraint ranking represents a grammar of each language. Ito & Mester (1995a) try to solve this problem by introducing that lexical stratification can be explained in OT by re-ranking of faithfulness constraints among the strata. However, their approach still compromises the invariant ranking hypothesis in OT. Building on Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & Prince 1995), I claim that there is a system which can account for the whole grammar in a language with more than one sub-lexicon. Correspondence Theory recognizes the different types of faithfulness relations, and all types, including Input-Output (IO), Base-Reduplicant (BR) or Output- Output (OO) faithfulness, are evaluated in the same way, on the basis of correspondence relations, regulated by ranked and violable faithfulness constraints. I propose that Japanese instantiates multiple sets of IO faithfulness constraints interacting in the same grammar. With multiple types of IO faithfulness, all the stratum specific phonological phenomena can be explained within the same grammar. By proposing four kinds of IO faithfulness relations in the same language, I contend that a language consists of a single grammar; or a total ordering of constraints. Moreover, I introduce the recent study on lexical stratification by Fukazawa, Kitahara, and Ota (1998) to indicate that some Japanese hybrids are crucial evidence for differentiating my claim from Ito & Mester's re-ranking system. |
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| Article: | Version 1 |