Accounting for R: shifting segments and constraint-based grammar  

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Webb, Eric Russell

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 33 no. 1 (2011), page 90-106.
Topik: Optimality theory Rhotics Segment shift Sound change
Fulltext: vol. 33 issue 1 January, 2011. p. 90-106.pdf (2.29MB)

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This paper explores segmental shifts and their formalization in constraint-based models. Using historic French data on rhotics (‘‘r-like sounds”), productive and perceptual evaluative matrices are proposed to account for output variability, including a formalization of ranked output. If ad hoc segmental constraints are proscribed, as it is argued, the ultimate selection of one rhotic over another cannot be fully explained without recourse to knowledge units deriving from extra-grammatical factors, in this instance social forces. Proposals for the reconciliation of constraint-based models with attested data include the reintroduction of parochial rules and the admission of learned, non-universal constraints.

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