<OT> New Posting: ROA-916

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ROA 916-0607

Synchronic Patterns of Compensatory Lengthening and mora faithfulness in OT-CC

Jason Shaw <jas745 at nyu.edu>

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Abstract:
Analysis of a case of Compensatory Lengthening (CL) in Komi
Izma (KI) using Optimality Theory with Candidate Chains
(OT-CC) (McCarthy 2007) produces results unobtainable in
'classic' OT (Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004), while leading
to the novel typological prediction that languages with
CL of the KI-type have shared-mora representations of heavy
syllables.  Taken in conjunction with Broselow et. al. (1997),
who show that this representation can have specific phonetic
consequences, the OT-CC approach to CL provides a formal
solution to a long-standing problem while tying CL alternations
to an aspect of syllable structure that can be tested instrumenta
lly.


Comments: PDF
Keywords: compensatory lengthening, mora faithfulness, OT-CC, shared moras
Areas: Phonology
Type: Manuscript

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