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| Title: | Markedness and Word Structure: OCP Effects in Japanese |
| Authors: | Junko Ito, Armin Mester |
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| Length: | 84 |
| Abstract: | Markedness and Word Structure: OCP Effects in Japanese Junko Ito and Armin Mester University of California, Santa Cruz This paper develops an optimality-theoretic conception of OCP-effects as due to multiply violated markedness constraints, enhanced by self- conjunction. Locality issues are studied in relation to the hierarchy of grammatical domains, as provided by an economy-based theory of word structure. The analytical focus is on dissimilation phenomena in Japanese, with additional applications of the theory to other languages. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | Version 1 |