Year: 1998
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to reconsider the phonology of English nasal-final prefixes within the framework of Optimality Theory, especially making use of a relation of correspondence.In this paper, I show that compared with previous analyses employing rules and their extrinsic orderings, a constraint-based approach can give a better account of the phenomenon.In order to do this, following Kenstowicz(1995), I posit a constraint of Uniform Exponence.In particular; I assume that the candidates for the allomorph of a prefix are evaluated so as to minimize allomorphic difference in the realization of the morpheme itself.I show that given the assumption above, we can account for the assimilation of the prefix-final nasals in a unified way by appropriately ranking the Uniform Exponence constraint among the other constraints.1.
Author: Seok-Keun Kang
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Wonkwang University
OpenAlex ID: W56489253