<OT> New Posting: ROA 593-0403

[Rutgers Optimality Archive]

ROA 593-0403

The acquisition of phonological opacity

Ricardo Bermudez-Otero <R.Bermudez-Otero@ncl.ac.uk>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=593


Abstract:
This paper argues that Stratal OT is explanatorily superior 
to alternative OT treatments of phonological opacity (notably, 
Sympathy Theory). It shows that Stratal OT supports a 
learning model that accounts for the acquisition of opaque
grammars with a minimum of machinery. The model is illustrated
with a case study of the classical counterbleeding interaction
between Diphthong Raising and Flapping in Canadian English.

Keywords: Opacity, Stratal OT, sympathy, acquisition

Areas: Phonology, Learnability

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=593

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