基本説明
Integrates Optimality Theory and Lexical Phonology, presenting a stratal OT model in which the properties of stems, words, and sentences are characterized by distinct parallel constraint systems that interface serially.
Full Description
This book is about how the vocabulary of a language is built and how similarities and differences between word forms can be explained, integrating optimality theory (OT) with lexical phonology and morphology. It shows that the phonology and morphology of stems, words, and sentences is governed by distinct constraint systems which may differ in the ranking of faithfulness constraints, and that these constraint systems are serially linked. Parallel versions of OT with paradigmatic constraints are refuted. The book includes a systematic comparative analysis of Arabic dialects. It presupposes some knowledge of phonological theory.
Contents
1. Paradigm constraints; 2. Paradigms and the notion of base; 3. Opacity, paradigm constraints, serialism: the Arabic evidence; 4. The syllabic typology of Arabic dialects; 5. Remarks on the Parallel alternative; 6. Stress; 7. Conclusion; Appendix.
