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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Optimality Theory"”.
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Progressive place assimilation in optimality theory
… place agreement in clusters through the lens of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, 1993/2004; McCarthy & Prince, 1995, 1999). A large typology of such languages is presented and examined to detail a broad swath of phenomena. The main line of inquiry over this typology is how direction of …
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English loanwords in Thai and optimality theory
… and liquid alternation, within the framework of Optimality Theory (OT: Prince and Smolensky 1993/2004). The major objectives are: (1) to examine the way English loanwords are adapted to a new environment, (2) to investigate how conflict between faithfulness and markedness constraints is resolved …
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The Distribution of /s/ in Blackfoot: An Optimality Theory Account
In this thesis I propose that the distribution of /s/ in Blackfoot can be explained by positing that /s/ is inherently moraic in Blackfoot, and explore this hypothesis via two proposals about moraic /s/. The first is that /s/ in complex onsets, e.g., stsiki, ‘another’, is extrasyllabic, and that a …
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The Distribution of /s/ in Blackfoot: An Optimality Theory Account
In this thesis I propose that the distribution of /s/ in Blackfoot can be explained by positing that /s/ is inherently moraic in Blackfoot, and explore this hypothesis via two proposals about moraic /s/. The first is that /s/ in complex onsets, e.g., stsiki, ‘another’, is extrasyllabic, and that a …
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Identity Effects and Opacity in Syrian Arabic: An Optimality Theory Analysis
Chapter 5 shows how interdialectal differences stem from constraint ranking. Epenthesis and syncope in Iraqi and Egyptian Arabic are accounted for by permuting the constraint set that is present in the grammar of Syrian Arabic. A discussion of emphatic rounding in Lebanese Arabic is then pursued, …
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Phonology-Morphology Interaction in Abha Arabic: Vowel Processes in Stratal Optimality Theory
This thesis focuses on phonological processes that result from phonology-morphology interaction in Abha Arabic, which is a variety spoken in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. The main motivations are providing an account of vowel processes in Abha Arabic and testing Stratal OT’s ability to …
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Verb Contraction in the West Saxon Dialect of Old English: An Optimality Theory Account
… This thesis re-analyzes the data in terms of Optimality Theory (OT), which uses a system of constraint ranking to account for sound changes. The advantage of using OT is that it offers a single ranking to explain sound changes that would require separate rules and ordering in a more …
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Verb Contraction in the West Saxon Dialect of Old English: An Optimality Theory Account
… This thesis re-analyzes the data in terms of Optimality Theory (OT), which uses a system of constraint ranking to account for sound changes. The advantage of using OT is that it offers a single ranking to explain sound changes that would require separate rules and ordering in a more …
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A theory of individual-level predicates based on blind mandatory implicatures : constraint promotion for optimality theory
… this dissertation proposes an implicature-based theory of individual-level predicates. The idea is that we cannot say '#John is sometimes tall' because the sentence triggers the scalar implicature that the alternative 'John is always tall' is false and this implicature mismatches with the piece …
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Trading water for carbon in a changing climate: can optimality theory improve the predictability of land surface models?
… The aim of this thesis is to examine whether optimality principles can improve land surface model (LSM) predictability, through improved process-representation of vegetation function, and by reducing existing reliance on poorly supported empirical functions. Major contributions from the thesis …
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Topics in the Grammar of Koryak
… in Lexical Phonology (Kiparsky 1982), standard Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993), Stratal Optimality Theory (Bermúdez-Otero 2008), among others. The third and fourth chapters are independent, and concern the syntactic underpinnings of case-marking in Koryak. In the third paper, I …
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Some aspects of English phonology: An optimality theoretic approach
… kinds of phenomena, I adopt the framework of Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993, McCarthy and Prince 1993a, b).
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Aspectos da fonologia Marubo (Pano): uma visão não-linear
… Phonology. Following the assumptions of Syllable Theory, we search for underlying syllable pattems and their possible surface manifestations. The intemal organization of speech sounds, as well as the types of rules involved in phonological processes, such as vowel and nasal harmony, are accounted …
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Thodisiso ya tshanduko dza mibvumo dzi bveledzwa nga pfalandothe kha Tshivenda
… framework underpinning this study is the Optimality Theory (OT). The study will be carried out through phonological analysis, that is, field work and word list. Secondary sources will also be used for data collection.
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An optimality-theoretic analysis of syllable structure in Qassimi Arabic
… syllable structure. Adopting the framework of Optimality Theory, this study explores the effect of high vowel deletion on syllable structure and the treatment of superheavy syllables in QA. Results confirm three main arguments proposed in this study. First: onset clusters in QA are prohibited. …
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Nearly Balanced and Resolvable Block Designs
… There is now a considerable body of optimality theory for block design settings where binarity (all <em>n<sub>ij</sub></em> ∈ {0, 1}), and symmetry or near-symmetry of the concurrence matrix <em>NN<sup>T</sup></em>, are simultaneously achievable. Typically the same classes of designs …
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A Markedness Approach to Epenthesis in Arabic Speakers' L2 English
… have difficulty with this structure. By using Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993,McCarthy and Prince 1993), this thesis illustrates the role that markedness plays in Cairene Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, and Najdi Arabic. This thesis also presents the results of a study of L2 English data …
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A Markedness Approach to Epenthesis in Arabic Speakers' L2 English
… have difficulty with this structure. By using Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993,McCarthy and Prince 1993), this thesis illustrates the role that markedness plays in Cairene Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, and Najdi Arabic. This thesis also presents the results of a study of L2 English data …
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An optimality-theoretic analysis of stress in the English of native Arabic speakers
… by Arabic speakers in light of advancements in Optimality Theory. It has been reported that Arab second language learners of English have difficulty in acquiring the various patterns of English word stress. According to OT, the reason for this difficulty is that although these speakers, like …
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On the Syllable Structure of English Pidgins and Creoles.
This thesis is an optimality-theoretic investigation of syllable restructuring in the Atlantic and Pacific English-lexicon pidgins and creoles, both in their earlier stages and in the modem varieties. The theoretical framework and the methodology are presented in chapter 2. The next three chapters …
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