Optimality Theory

This paper reconsiders nasal assimilation in English within the framework of Optimality Theory and shows that the phenomena can be accounted for in a natural way in terms of some …...

Optimality Theory, a constraint-based phonol- ogy and morphology paradigm, has allowed linguists to make elegant analyses of many phenomena, including infixation and redupli- cation. In this work-in-progress, we build on …...

This paper ties up some loose ends in finite-state Optimality Theory. First, it discusses how to perform comprehension un- der Optimality Theory grammars consisting of finite-state con- straints. Comprehension has …...

In this paper we argue that the Japanese causative constructions should be viewed as a complex predicate having two possible c-structure realizations (i.e. a single monoclausal f-structure, and monoclausal and …...

. Morphological analysis in the current methods, such as finite-state and unification-based, are predominantly effective for handling concatenative morphology (e.g. prefixation and suffixation), although some of these techniques can also …...

AbstractPhonological generalizations are finite-state. While Optimality Theory is a popular framework for modeling phonology, it is known to generate non-finite-state mappings and languages. This paper demonstrates that Optimality Theory is …...