Optimality Theory in Phonology A Reader

by McCarthy, John J.

• ISBN13: 9780631226888
• ISBN10: 0631226885
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, starting with a lengthy excerpt from the original source, Prince and Smolenskyrs"s never-before-published report Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar. The 33 selections cover a broad range of topics in phonology and include many of the foundational works, some of them revised to reflect the most recent developments. Optimality Theory in Phonology is designed as a text for advanced phonology courses, but is also of interest as a reference work for scholars in the field of linguistics and related disciplines. Each chapter includes introductory notes to set the stage and highlight connections, as well as a list of study and research questions.

Author Biography

John J. McCarthy is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His widely cited but unpublished manuscript “Prosodic Morphology I: Constraint Interaction and Satisfaction” (with Alan Prince, 1993) has been an important factor in the dissemination of Optimality Theory.He is also the author of Formal Problems in Semitic Phonology and Morphology (1985) and A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory (2002).

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Contributors' Addresses	x
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I The Basics	1	(98)
1 Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar	3	(69)
Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky
2 Generalized Alignment: Introduction and Theory	72	(5)
John J. McCarthy and Alan Prince
3 Faithfulness and Identity in Prosodic Morphology	77	(22)
John J. McCarthy and Alan Prince
Part II Formal Analysis	99	(66)
4 Computing Optimal Forms in Optimality Theory: Basic Syllabification	101	(17)
Bruce Tesar
5 Learnability in Optimality Theory	118	(23)
Bruce Tesar and Paul Smolensky
6 Non-computable Functions in Optimality Theory	141	(24)
Elliott Moreton
Part III Prosody	165	(104)
7 Generalized Alignment: Prosody	167	(11)
John J. McCarthy and Alan Prince
8 Ternary Rhythm and the *LAPSE Constraint	178	(13)
Nine Elenbaas and René Kager
9 Quality-Sensitive Stress	191	(11)
Michael Kenstowicz
10 Unbounded Stress and Factorial Typology	202	(13)
Eric Bakovic
11 Head Dependence in Stress-Epenthesis Interaction	215	(13)
John Alderete
12 Feet and Tonal Reduction at the Word and Phrase Level in Chinese	228	(18)
Moira Yip
13 OCP Effects in Optimality Theory	246	(23)
Scott Myers
Part IV Segmental Phonology	269	(148)
14 Austronesian Nasal Substitution and Other NC Effects	271	(19)
Joe Pater
15 Phonetically Driven Phonology: The Role of Optimality Theory and Inductive Grounding	290	(20)
Bruce Hayes
16 Positional Faithfulness	310	(33)
Jill Beckman
17 Positional Faithfulness and Voicing Assimilation in Optimality Theory	343	(22)
Linda Lombardi
18 Positional Asymmetries and Licensing	365	(14)
Cheryl Zoll
19 Partial Class Behavior and Nasal Place Assimilation	379	(15)
Jaye Padgett
20 Dissimilation as Local Conjunction	394	(13)
John Alderete
21 Synchronic Chain Shifts in Optimality Theory	407	(10)
Robert Kirchner
Part V Interfaces	417	(164)
22 Transderivational Identity: Phonological Relations Between Words	419	(19)
Laura Benua
23 Backness Switch in Russian	438	(13)
Jerzy Rubach
24 Generalized Alignment: The Prosody-Morphology Interface	451	(13)
John J. McCarthy and Alan Prince
25 The Prosodic Structure of Function Words	464	(19)
Elisabeth Selkirk
26 The Emergence of the Unmarked	483	(12)
John J. McCarthy and Alan Prince
27 Maximal Words and the Maori Passive	495	(18)
Paul de Lacy
28 External Allomorphy as Emergence of the Unmarked	513	(10)
Joan Mascaró
29 Derived Environment Effects in Optimality Theory	523	(10)
Anna Lubowicz
30 Licensing and Underspecification in Optimality Theory	533	(9)
Junko Itô, Armin Mester, and Jaye Padgett
31 The Implications of Lexical Exceptions for the Nature of Grammar	542	(10)
Sharon Inkelas, Orhan Orgun, and Cheryl Zoll
32 The Phonological Lexicon	552	(17)
Junko Itô and Armin Mester
33 Variation and Change in Optimality Theory	569	(12)
Arto Anttila and Young-mee Yu Cho
References	581	(10)
Index of Languages and Language Families	591	(3)
Index of Constraints	594	(4)
Index of Topics	598