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ROA 878-1006

Slouching towards optimality: Coda reduction in OT-CC

John J. McCarthy <jmccarthy at linguist.umass.edu>

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Abstract:
There is a well-established asymmetry in the behavior of
medial consonant clusters: the first consonant in the cluster
can undergo assimilation or deletion, but the second consonant
in the cluster cannot. This article presents an explanation
for that asymmetry based on a version of Optimality Theory
with candidate chains (McCarthy 2006a). The key idea is
that a consonant can only assimilate or delete if it first
loses its place features by debuccalizing, and debuccalization
is only possible in coda position.

Comments: 
Keywords: coda, deletion, assimilation, candidate chain
Areas: Phonology
Type: Journal Article

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=878