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ROA 762-0705

Counter-Feeding Opacity as a Chain Shift Effect

Anna Lubowicz <lubowicz at usc.edu>

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=762


Abstract:
This article argues that counter-feeding opacity can be
understood as a chain shift mapping and provides an account
of chain shifts using contrast preservation theory (Lubowicz
2003). A case is examined that involves interaction between
palatalization and spirantization in Polish (Rubach 1984).
The central idea is that there exist constraints on contrast
that can compel a phonological process. The key implication
is that push shifts are admitted, unlike in previous approaches
to opacity in OT (i.e., local conjunction, ternary scales,
sympathy theory etc.).

Comments: Paper published (2003) in WCCFL 22 proceedings, 315-327.
Keywords: contrast, push shift, opacity, Polish
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

Direct link: http://roa.rutgers.edu/view.php3?roa=762