<OT> New Posting: ROA-998

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ROA 998-1108

Alignment Continued: Distance-Sensitivity, Order-Sensitivity, and the Midpoint Pathology

Brett Hyde <bhyde at artsci.wustl.edu>

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Abstract:
This paper presents an approach to alignment that avoids
some of the difficulties encountered by the original formulation
(McCarthy and Prince 1993). The proposal builds on McCarthy’s
(2003) approach to alignment in that it makes alignment
sensitive to the order in which misaligned edges occur,
but it also maintains a key feature of the original in that
it provides for the possibility of constraints that are
sensitive to the distance between misaligned edges. Support
for order-sensitivity comes from the ability of order-sensitive
constraints to avoid the Midpoint Pathology (Eisner 1997)
and their ability to provide a general account of trisyllabic
stress windows. Support for distance-sensitivity comes from
its crucial role in accounting for bidirectional stress
patterns and its crucial role correctly positioning nonperipheral
primary stress.

Comments: 
Keywords: Alignment
Areas: Phonology, Formal Analysis
Type: Manuscript

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