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ROA 764-0705

Locality of Conjunction

Anna Lubowicz <lubowicz at usc.edu>

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Abstract:
This article accounts for locality of conjunction (Smolensky 1995) in 
terms of the locus function for constraint violations (McCarthy 2003, 
Riggle & Wilson 2004). A formal account is given of the idea that the 
locally conjoined constraints need to share their locus of violation. 
In addition, markedness reversals are discussed (Ito & Mester 2002). 
This proposal is found superior to previous approaches to restricting 
local conjunction, such as fulcrum (Bakovic 1999, Hewitt & Crowhurst 
1996) and domain (Lubowicz 2002, Moreton & Smolensky 2002, Smolensky 
1993).

Comments: Paper to appear in WCCFL 24 proceedings.
Keywords: local conjunction, locus of violation, markedness reversals
Areas: Phonology, Formal Analysis
Type: Manuscript

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