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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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