A principled derivation of OT and HG within constraint-based phonology
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper tackles the question of the mode of constraint interaction in categorical phonology in a principled, axiomatic way. It starts from an elementary axiom of phonological behavior, left implicit so far in the literature, dubbed the innocuous concatenation axiom (ICA). Categorical constraint-based grammars can flout the ICA without a judicious choice of the mode of constraint interaction. The paper then shows that the OT and HG modes of constraint interaction used in the current phonological literature can be axiomatically derived from the ICA. In conclusion, we can determine whether the OT and HG modes of constraint interaction fall or stand based solely on the empirical validity of the ICA.
Author: Giorgio Magri
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6902666777
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