<OT> New Posting: ROA-756
Rutgers Optimality Archive
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Wed Jul 20 11:22:27 PDT 2005
ROA 756-0705
Putting 'commas' at the right place: A note on crucial non-ranking in OT
Nina Topintzi <i.topintzi at ucl.ac.uk>
Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=756
Abstract:
Two conceptions of crucial non-ranking have been proposed in the
literature: i) one that produces variation (Anttila 1997) and ii) that
of equal ranking (Crowhurst 2001, Crowhurst and Michael 2005, Topintzi
2005, Rice in press). I show that the former is erroneous in that it
predicts unattested variation or fails to account for certain cases
altogether. It is also unnecessary since it can be subsumed by the
Gradual Learning Algorithm (Boersma and Hayes 2001). I thus conclude
that a single notion of crucial non-ranking exists, that of equal
ranking. Since alternatives such as constraint conjunction cannot
replace equal ranking, I argue that it must be recognised as a
genuinely distinct ranking relationship.
Comments:
Keywords: crucial non-ranking, equal ranking, variation, gradual
learning algorithm, local conjunction
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript
Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=756
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