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[Rutgers Optimality Archive]

ROA 765-0705

Derived Environment Effects in Optimality Theory

Anna Lubowicz <lubowicz at usc.edu>

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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.

Comments: Paper published (2002) in Lingua 112, 243-280.
Keywords: Lexical Phonology, local conjunction, Polish
Areas: Phonology, Morphology, Formal Analysis
Type: Journal Article

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