The Derivational Residue in Phonological Optimality Theory (Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today)

Constraint-based Frameworks Such As Optimality Theory (ot) Have Significantly Altered Phonologists' Views On The Nature Of Derivations And Their Role In Linguistic Theory. Earlier Frameworks Of Generative Phonology Were Characterized By A Fairly Complicated Theory Of Derivations, Involving Lexical Levels, The Cycle, And Intrinsic And Extrinsic Rule Ordering, Among Other Things. Ot In Its Standard Form, On The Other Hand, Represents A Minimalist Theory Of Derivations, Recognizing Only A Direct Mapping From Input To Output. This Volume Addresses Questions From Many Different Points Of View By A Number Of Outstanding Scholars: Is This Minimal Theory Sufficiently Well-equipped To Deal With The Empirical Complications Of Natural Language Or Do We Need A Larger 'derivational Residue' In Our Theory? What Are The Relevant Facts And How Can We Deal With Them? Are There Any Reasons To Think That An Ot-based Approach To Derivations May Even Be More Successful Than Its Rule-based Competitors? The Book Also Features An Introduction Into The General Issues Involved And An Extensive Bibliography.--jacket. Ben Hermans, Marc Van Oostendorp. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. THE DERIVATIONAL RESIDUE IN PHONOLOGICAL OPTIMALITY THEORY......Page 2 Editorial page......Page 3 Title page......Page 4 LCC page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 8 Introduction: Optimality Theory and Derivational Effects......Page 10 Head Dependence in Stress-Epenthesis Interaction......Page 38 Unrecoverable Origins......Page 60 Uniformity in Extended Paradigms......Page 90 Directionality Constraints on Derivation?......Page 114 Alignment and the Cycle are Different......Page 138 Stricture is Structure......Page 162 Phonological Restructuring in Yidin and its Theoretical Consequences......Page 184 Surface Opacity of Metrical Structure in Optimality Theory......Page 216 Sign-Based Morphology: A declarative theory of phonology-morphology interleaving......Page 256 Derivationalism in Kikamba Vowel Hiatus Phenomena......Page 278 References......Page 304 Language Index......Page 322 Name Index......Page 324 Subject Index......Page 328 Constraint-based frameworks such as Optimality Theory (OT) have significantly altered phonologists' views on the nature of derivations and their role in linguistic theory. This anthology considers the impact and validity of "minimalist" OT, comparing it to more formalized approaches.