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A revised typology of opaque generalizations
Author 
Eric Bakovic UC San Diego <bakovic@ling.ucsd.edu> [Details]
Comment 
Appeared in Phonology 24.2, 217-259.
Length 
40 pp.
Supersedes 
ROA#777
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Abstract 


This paper is about opaque interactions between phonological processes in the two senses defined by Kiparsky (1971, 1973) and discussed in much recent work on the topic, most notably McCarthy (1999): underapplication opacity, whereby a process appears to have failed to apply in expected contexts on the surface, and overapplication opacity, whereby a process appears to have applied in unexpected contexts on the surface. Specifically, I demonstrate that there are three distinct types of overapplication opacity in addition to the only case discussed and properly categorized as such in the literature, counterbleeding. The analysis of each type of opacity in terms of rule-based serialism and in terms of Optimality Theory is discussed, emphasizing the strengths and weaknesses of the two frameworks in each case.
Keywords 
 opacity, globality, ordering, overapplication, counterbleeding, underapplication, counterfeeding
Area 
 Phonology
Type 
 Manuscript
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