<OT> New Posting: ROA-628

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ROA 628-1103

OO-Correspondence as cumulativity

Andries W Coetzee <awc at linguist.umass.edu>

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Abstract:
Both Sympathy constraints and OO-correspondence constraints are
types of correspondence constraints, and both can induce opaque
phenomena. Yet, Sympathetic constraint interaction is mediated
by a
special type of correspondence constraints (cumulativity
constraints),
while OO-correspondence is mediated by ordinary correspondence
constraints. This paper argues that cumulative constraints
can also be
used in OO-correspondence. It is also argued that this is
desirable for
two reasons: (i) It unifies these two kinds of non-IO-corresponde
nce.
(ii) Certain types of OO-correspondence induced opacity that are
possible with ordinary correspondence constraints, are excluded
if
cumulative constraints are used. Cumulative OO-correspondence
constraints therefore result in a more restrictive theory.

Comments: Also published in: Carpenter, Angela, Andries W. Coetzee and Paul de Lacy (eds.)    UMOP 26: Papers in Optimality Theory II.   Amherst: GLSA.  p. 27-57
Keywords: OO-Correspondence, Sympathy Theory, opacity, Tiberian Hebrew, Polish
Areas: Phonology,Formal Analysis
Type: Book Chapter

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