<OT> New Posting: ROA-587

[Rutgers Optimality Archive]

ROA 587-0303

Is Grammar Dependence Real?

Sharon Inkelas <inkelas@socrates.berkeley.edu>
Cheryl Zoll <czoll@mit.edu>

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Abstract:
This paper evaluates the major argument, that of 'Grammar Dependence,' put
forth most prominently by Alderete (1999; 2001a), in favor of indexed
constraints vs. cophonologies. We argue that the Grammar Dependence
Argument is unsupported empirically, theoretically and conceptually: A
critical comparison between the two approaches must therefore be made on
other grounds, including those cited in Orgun 1996; Inkelas 1998; Inkelas
& Zoll 2000; Anttila 2002.

Keywords: indexed constraint, cophonology, grammar dependence, markedness,
Turkish, Japanese

Areas: Phonology

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