[Author Login]
[Home]
ROA:765
Title:Derived Environment Effects in Optimality Theory
Authors:Anna Lubowicz
Comment:Paper published (2002) in Lingua 112, 243-280.
Length:70
Abstract:The Strict Cycle Condition (SCC) permits phonological rules to apply only in derived environments. The notion of a derived environment, and consequently the phenomena attributed to the SCC, are problematic in Optimality Theory (OT). This article argues that OT can be extended to accommodate SCC effects by using local constraint conjunction. By locally conjoining a markedness constraint with a faithfulness constraint, the markedness constraint is active only when the faithfulness constraint is violated. The predictions of this approach are compared to the SCC and found to be superior in several respects.
Type:Paper/tech report
Area/Keywords:Phonology,Morphology,Formal Analysis
Article:Version 1