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ROA 912-0507

Lexical insertion occurs in the phonological component

Matthew Wolf <mwolf at linguist.umass.edu>

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Abstract:
This article proposes a late-insertion, OT-based model of
morphology in which insertion of vocabulary items occurs
in the same module of the grammar as phonological operations.
I argue that this makes possible an otherwise-elusive satisfactor
y account of systems of phonologically-conditioned allomorphy
which involve an arbitrary preference among the allomorphs,
as well as leading to several other desirable empircal and
conceptual consequences. These include the possibility of
analyzing phonologically-motivated deponency, permitting
an account of listed allomorphy that doesn't require morphemes
to have multiple underlying forms, and allowing the possibility
of morphemes to be inserted for phonological reasons.


Comments: 
Keywords: allomorphy, suppletion, lexical insertion, spell-out
Areas: Morphology,Phonology
Type: Book Chapter

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