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ROA 1042-0809

Local blocking and minimal violation

Eric Bakovic <bakovic at ling.ucsd.edu>

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Abstract:
The Elsewhere Condition (Kiparsky 1973, 1982) blocks a rule
B from applying when a more specific rule A has applied.
Attested cases of EC-blocking are local: B is blocked from
applying only to the specific elements within a form to
which A has applied, as opposed to being globally blocked
from applying to all elements in a form only some of which
A has applied to. This locality follows from the minimal
violation property of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky
1993).

Comments: To appear in Proceedings of CLS 45.
Keywords: the Elsewhere Condition, blocking, rule ordering, constraint ranking, assimilation, neutralization, deletion, Spanish, Diola Fogny
Areas: Phonology,Formal Analysis
Type: Conference Proceedings Chapter

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