Constraints and preferences / edited by Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, Katarzyna, 1960-

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 134.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Constraints (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xix, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2001.

Contents:

Constraints and Preferences: Introduction / Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk vii

Parameters and scales in syllable markedness: the right edge of the word in Malayalam / Eugeniusz Cyran 1

Constraints and processes in phonological perception / Patricia Donegan 43

Phonotactic constraints are preferences / Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk 69

Striving for optimality: output-oriented models of language change / Livio Gaeta 101

Preferences as defaults in computational phonology / Dafydd Gibbon 143

Devoicing and voicing assimilation in German, English, and Dutch: a case of constraint interaction / Janet Grijzenhout 201

Hidden identity, or the double life of segments / Edmund Gussmann 229

Working with licensing constraints / Jonathan Kaye 251

Rules vs. constraints in modeling phonological change: the case of Raddoppiamento Fonosintattico / Michele Loporcaro 269

Are optimality theoretical "constraints" the same as natural linguistic "preferences"? / Nikolaus Ritt 291

Abstractness in phonology: the case of virtual geminates / Philippe Segeral, Tobias Scheer 311

Constraints, preferences, and context-sensitivity in morphology / Rajendra Singh 339

Old English fricatives: lenition and licensing / Jerzy Wojcik 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3110170477

OCLC:

47658903