| ROA: | 212 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Complementizers, Faithfulness, and Optionality |
| Authors: | Eric Bakovic |
| Comment: | Now published here: http://www.revel.inf.br/site2007/_pdf/19/artigos/revel_special_4_complementizers_faithfulness_optionality.pdf. |
| Length: | 7 |
| Abstract: | In this paper I advance a theory of optionality in syntax within OT, using the optionality of the English complementizer as an example. The leading idea is that optionality arises purely as a consequence of the usual optimality-theoretic interaction between markedness and faithfulness constraints. In other words, optionality is an expected consequence of violable and conflicting universal constraints and their language-particular ranking, the core assumptions of OT. (See also the paper by Keer & Bakovic, ROA-200, for an application of the same idea to a slightly different empirical domain.) |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
| Area/Keywords: | Syntax |
| Article: | Version 1 |